Engineering posts about User Experience
Curated summaries and key learnings for engineers working with User Experience.
Shipping Faster isn’t Learning Faster
The article highlights the disconnect between the speed of product feature shipping and the speed of data analysis in product organizations. It argues that while agile methodologies promote rapid...
Seeing the future: frontend prediction in Duolingo’s mobile app
The article explores the implementation of frontend prediction in Duolingo's mobile app, a technique aimed at enhancing user experience by reducing perceived latency and enabling offline...
Performance for Everyone
The article outlines the importance of performance as a fundamental feature in mobile applications, particularly on the Pinterest platform. It emphasizes the significance of user perceived latency,...
SQUIRE: Interactive UI Authoring via Slot QUery Intermediate REpresentations
The article presents SQUIRE, a novel system designed for interactive UI authoring that enhances the prototyping process for frontend developers. By utilizing a guided approach, SQUIRE allows...
How to supercharge your design system with slots
The article discusses how to enhance design systems by implementing 'slots', which allow for greater customization of components without compromising the integrity of the system. It outlines the...
3 ways product teams are building conviction faster with Figma Make
The article outlines how product teams at companies like ServiceNow, Ticketmaster, and Affirm are leveraging Figma Make to enhance their prototyping processes, allowing for faster iterations and more...
The most-seen UI on the Internet? Redesigning Turnstile and Challenge Pages
The article outlines the redesign process of Cloudflare's Turnstile widget and Challenge Pages, which are encountered by billions of users daily. It emphasizes the importance of user-centered design,...
The Way We Notice, That's What Really Matters: Instantiating UI Components with Distinguishing Variations
The article presents a novel approach to instantiating UI components by introducing the concept of distinguishing variations, which are both mimetic and distinct. It highlights the challenges...
Building frontend UIs with Codex and Figma
The article introduces the Figma MCP server, a tool designed to enhance the workflow between design and code generation using Codex. It allows teams to seamlessly transfer design elements from Figma...
The future of design is code and canvas
The article explores the evolving landscape of design and development workflows, emphasizing the synergy between code and visual design tools like Figma. It introduces the Claude Code to Figma...
Mapping the Design Space of User Experience for Computer Use Agents
The article presents a comprehensive study on mapping the design space of user experience (UX) for computer use agents, particularly those powered by large language models (LLMs). It details a...
Android VPAT journey
The article outlines Slack's journey in improving accessibility for its Android application through a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT). It details the identification of accessibility...