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On “Backend dev struggling with UI/design. How do you improve your design sense”
Honestly, I minored in UX design in college and took as many courses related to human computer interaction as much as possible, because I’m a nerd for it. But I love love when a backend engineer expresses interest in knowing more about the process.
link to this video this is a good quick crash course, or any other search for “UX/ui basic concepts”
1. You improve your design taste by knowing these general concepts and learning how to tell when they are violated/not applied in the best way.
2. A bit of knowing the concepts, but a LOT of knowing the patterns. How does a menu normally behave? What does a chat input normally look like? How do you know when it’s best to have a user navigate away from a…