Before You Add a Database, Ask Whether the Browser Is Enough
A guide to local-first design for small tools: what can stay in the browser, when a backend earns its complexity, and how to explain the boundary.
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Product craft
Hands-on product design notes for creators turning a working prototype into a clear, dependable browser experience.
A Phone Is Not a Smaller Desktop: Mobile QA for Interactive Works
A hands-on mobile QA routine for browser games, canvas experiments, and AI-made tools, focused on controls, keyboards, safe areas, orientation, and recovery.
The Output Is Empty. Now What? Designing Failure States for AI Tools
A failure-state field guide for AI-made tools: empty input, weak evidence, timeouts, partial results, unsafe requests, and recovery without blame.
Let People Try the Smallest Useful Thing Before Login
A practical argument for guest trials in AI-made web tools, with boundaries for saving, exporting, rate limits, and account creation.
Sample Data Is Part of the Product, Not Placeholder Copy
Why good sample inputs teach an AI-made tool's scope, expose its reasoning, and let a visitor judge value without handing over private material.
Mood Garden: Can a Gentle Visual Tool Still Have Clear Controls?
An interaction critique of Mood Garden, looking at emotional labels, sliders, animation, export, and the risk of confusing atmosphere with usability.
Neon Poster Maker Under Three Real Briefs
A test of Neon Poster Maker with a game launch, a community event, and a product update, including where typography becomes fragile.
How to Design Inputs for AI-Made Web Tools
Useful AI-made tools start with realistic inputs: messy notes, rough ideas, concrete constraints, and clear examples that help visitors get a better output.
Why Interactive Tools Are Better Than Static AI Demos
Interactive tools turn AI-assisted ideas into useful workflows that visitors can test, repeat, and share instead of passively reading about them.