Michael Gaigg
@michaelgaigg.bsky.social
Group UI Engineer Manager & UX/UI Tech Center Lead at #Esri • Author • Speaker • Doer • Husband • Dad • Soccer coach • #UX #UI #Apps #Maps #Design #California #Austria • https://michaelgaigg.net/
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🚀 New Hitchhiker pattern dropped "Vibe Coding" When prompting replaces understanding. hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/vibe-co... #ProductDesign #UX #EsriDev
56 • Vibe Coding - Hitchhikers Guide to Design
Vibe Coding is a software development practice assisted by artificial intelligence (AI) where the developer describes the outcome through prompts, trusting that the system will figure out the rest. I...
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🚀 New Hitchhiker pattern dropped 🚀 "Throw Spaghetti at the Wall" hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/throw-s... #ProductDesign #UX #UI
🚀 New Hitchhiker pattern dropped 🚀 "Data-Ink Ratio" If your UI needs more ink than insight - it might be time to rethink the design. hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/54-data... #UX #ProductDesign #UIDesign #UI
🚀 New Hitchhiker pattern dropped 🚀 Boilerplate Using templates save time - until they start replacing thinking. hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/boilerp... #UX #ProductDesign #UI
53 • Boilerplate - Hitchhikers Guide to Design
The term boilerplate refers to a standard, reusable piece of content used in various types of content, including articles, communication materials such as press releases, and contracts. It serves as a...
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Announcing The Hitchhiker's Guide to Design - A shared language for Product Teams hitchhikersguidetodesign.com 50+ memorable patterns that help you recognize recurring design mistakes, product traps, and organizational dysfunction before they derail your project. #ProductDesign #PM #UX #Design
New Hitchhiker pattern dropped: "Brainstorming" hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/brainst... #ProductDesign #PM #Design #UX
Help needed, fellow Design Hitchhikers: What design metaphor, pattern, anti-pattern, or organizational oddity should I write about next? Send me your ideas 👇
Great Hitchhiker patterns in the queue: Brainstorming, Boilerplate, Data-Ink Ratio, Throwing Spaghetti at the Wall. Subscribe to our newsletter: hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/newslet...
🚀 New Hitchhiker pattern dropped 🚀 "Gold Plating": sometimes more effort creates less value. hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/gold-pl...
51 • Gold Plating - Hitchhikers Guide to Design
Gold Plating is a term that means working on a project or task past the point of diminishing returns. It refers to the practice of adding extra features or "polishing" designs beyond the agreed scope ...
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Attention travelers of the Design Galaxy: We’ve officially reached 50 Hitchhiker Patterns ✓ 50 opportunities to say “oh no… we do that” ✓ 50 strange metaphors ✓ Approximately 42% more snakes than expected 🐍 Thank you for joining this strange little journey. hitchhikersguidetodesign.com
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Which famous movie is this quote from folks? "If you work for a living, why do you kill yourself working?'
🚀 NEW HITCHHIKER PATTERN DROPPED 🚀 And somehow… we’ve reached Pattern #50 🥳 What better way to celebrate than with the thing that stops launches, kills demos, and appears precisely when executives are watching: New entry ↓ hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/showsto...
New Hitchhiker pattern dropped: Thinking Outside the Box: nobody questioned where the box came from in the first place. hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/thinkin... What’s a “box” your team stopped questioning?
The Hitchhiker's Guide to Design - a shared language for Product Teams. hitchhikersguidetodesign.com
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Who says there are no kangaroos in #Austria... Those are the problems in Austria, land of the peaceful
News from Austria, a country without real problems it seems. "Cat got stuck in window"
New Hitchhiker pattern dropped 🚀 Projects take longer than expected - even when you account for things taking longer than expected. That's Hofstadter’s Law. New entry in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Design ↓ hitchhikersguidetodesign.com/book/hofstad...