Somya Verma

The 'MVP' is Often Just an Excuse for Lazy Design

We blame engineers for shipping broken things. But designers invented half the shortcuts.

Your Case Study is Historical Fiction

How to show the real, messy design process that actually gets you hired.

Stop Guessing Hex Codes: A Guide to HSB

How to pick colors like a chef, not a chemist.

The Paradox of Muted Toggle

When Icons Fight Their Own Labels

The "Squint Test" - How to Fake a Design Degree

Stop paying for expensive heatmaps and start blurring your vision.

The 8pt Grid is Astrology for Designers

Stop Sweating the Fractions and Start Shipping the Flow

The "Switcher" Illusion

Why Claude’s Smallest Icon is a UX Dead End

Your Personas are Creative Writing, Not Research

Ditch the Demographics, Burn the Stock Photos, and Design for the Problem.

White Space Isn't "Empty," It's "Expensive"

How to sell nothing for top dollar.

Auto Layout is Just Tetris with Anxiety

Stop moving rectangles by hand. Let the computer do the math.

Everything is a Box

Why your developer hates your "optical alignment."

Your Design System is a Museum, Not a Toolkit

Why your "perfect" component library is gathering dust.

"Mobile First" is a Lie We Tell Stakeholders

Stop designing 1920px desktops and squeezing them into 375px phones.

God Hates Your Sign-Up Form

How to stop treating new users like suspects in a criminal investigation.

The Metric vs. The Human

When "Good Business" becomes "Bad Design.”

Animation is Not a Decoration

How to use Motion to explain logic, not just to show off

"Clean Design" is Usually Just Lazy UX

How to stop designing for Dribbble and start designing for Humans

Stop treating Developers like Photocopiers

A guide to component logic

The "Happy Path" is a Fairy Tale

Designing for When the Server Ghosts You