Complexity has a carrying cost
Every abstraction buys something and charges interest somewhere else. Make the trade visible.
Field notes
Things worth
remembering.
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The interface is part of the system
Good UX is not a coat of paint at the end. It changes what the underlying system needs to make possible.
Defaults are decisions
A default quietly answers a question for every person who never changes it. Treat defaults with the same care as explicit choices.
Leave a little room
Interfaces, schedules, and code all benefit from some unused capacity. Not every edge case belongs in the first version.