A tactical, step-by-step guide on how to actually "talk to users" - Part 1

Knowing what to build means actually talking to users.

Jul 2

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June 2026

BYOB: Bring Your Own Bot

Stop stuffing a chatbot into your product. Start building for the agent your user already has.

Jun 16

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WTF is Design Taste? The Details Nobody Notices (But Everyone Feels)

Most Products Have Features.

Jun 3

59:39

May 2026

Turn User Interviews into AI Context: a prompting guide

How to create evolving, compounding insight, with prompts

May 27

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The static design deliverable is dying

Acquired Taste: Claude Design, Figma, and what's actually changing

May 17

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52:36

User Flows as AI Context

Map it before you build it, and give the map to your AI

May 11

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The Issue Tracker Is the New IDE

Acquired Taste - a recording by Design Language

May 5

50:01

April 2026

Why your product feels broken

The loading spinner is lying

Apr 27

1

Your Notes App Is Failing You

Acquired Taste, Episode 3 — Notes, Obsidian, and LLM context

Apr 19

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51:41

Keyboard Shortcuts - Your mouse is a tourist. Your keyboard is a local.

Buttons are for discovery. Shortcuts are for people who already know what they're doing.

Apr 13

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File storage is fucked. AI is making it worse. And Dropbox Isn't Helping : Acquired Taste

Episode 2 of Acquired Taste

Apr 5

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39:28

March 2026

Jakob's law - Don’t reinvent the wheel; just make it roll.

Users spend most of their time on other sites - smart design takes advantage of that

Mar 30

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