Daiyaan Syed

Lead Experience Designer | Building DeenUp! — the open-source party game for the ummah 🕌 |

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Excited to share an in-depth report that's a game-changer for the design industry! This comprehensive guide navigates the uncertainty, offering fresh insights and illuminating a path to a promising new future. Embrace the change and stay ahead of the curve!

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#Verity #GhostJobs #JobSearch #ChromeExtension #BuildInPublic #IndieHacker #JobMarket #Hiring #ProductDesign #CareerAdvice

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40% of companies posted a fake job listing in the past year.

Most of them are still active right now.

I built a free Chrome extension that tells you which listings are real before you waste time applying.

It's called Verity. Here's how it works.

🧵

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So I built the other side of the equation.

Verity is free.

Built this in a weekend. Shipping to Chrome Web Store soon.

If you know someone in the job market right now, send them this thread. It might save them hours.

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#BuildInPublic #IndieHacker #Fintech #ShipFast #ProductDesign #iOSDev #StartupIndia #PersonalFinance #BehavioralDesign

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Here's a truth about personal finance apps:

Everyone already knows they overspent.

No one has ever changed their behavior because of a pie chart.

So I built something different. It's called Tilt.

🧵

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If you work in fintech, behavioral design, or just think expense trackers are broken - I want to hear from you.

What would make you open this app every day?

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@Jacobsklug Build

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I love experiments like this.

Sometimes the best way to explore an idea is to build it quickly and see if it feels right.

Aura might evolve.

Or it might stay a small design exercise.

Either way it was fun to make.

Prototype below 👇

#buildinpublic
#indiehackers

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Today I gave myself a constraint:

Build an iOS app in under 4 hours.

No team.
No backend.
No overthinking.

Just design and ship.

So I made Aura.

An app that helps you discover beautiful places near you.

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The most interesting part wasn’t the code.

It was designing the vibe language.

Instead of categories like:

“café”
“restaurant”

You get tags like:

◐ Warm Minimal
✾ Lush Courtyard
◆ Art Deco
◈ Neon & Moody