While you think about frontend frameworks and authentication, you might be missing out on the simpler alternatives. — When you’re so caught up with frameworks and whatnot, it’s easy to lose focus and forget about what you are actually trying to accomplish with your product. …

Some time ago I wrote a story here on Medium, The perfect stack for SaaS, which a lot of people seemed to find useful. In the story, I suggested the use of Supabase for the backend. For me, the use of Backend-as-a-Service products to speed up development is still a…

I’m no role model when it comes to habits, but working as a product designer in tech I find it useful to draw inspiration from some of the frameworks in use in the industry. I think some of these lessons can — and sometimes they really should — be applied…

One of the issues I face the most when working on my side projects is motivation: it doesn’t last forever and it will plummet when there is no progress. For this reason, it’s crucial to find a stack that makes progress fast and visible. In the last year, I’ve been…

How to stop running behind clients and start focusing on the product — In the B2B SaaS world, this is usually how startups are born: You start with an MVP. Company X finds your product interesting, but they need more features to adapt it to their business. They’re willing to finance the development of those features, and you accept. The features are now…

Spotify Greenroom, a new Clubhouse clone from Spotify, might unlock a new format altogether — In June, Spotify launched its own audio-based social network app Spotify Greenroom, another Clubhouse rival. This way, it is joining Twitter and Facebook in the rush to the audio room format, with Twitter Spaces and Live Audio Rooms respectively. If you haven’t heard about Spotify Greenroom, it’s because there’s nothing…

Browsers are now packing so many features that they hardly fit in one application. Apple’s Safari 15 might be a step towards a new way to experience browsers. — Among the new products and features presented at WWDC 2021, Apple presented a completely redesigned Safari, which will come with the Mac OS Monterey. The update introduces many changes in the design and is probably one of the biggest Safari updates to date.

Today, there are many options when it comes to a career in design. A rising number of people is getting into bootcamps, and the companies offering them are selling the idea that a bootcamp is all you need. …

When too much quality hurts. — Last night, I was spending an excessive amount of time trying to make a spreadsheet look cool. I had an excuse to do that. Since I’m often going through lots of spreadsheets done by other people in the company years ago, reconstructing the logic behind it always proves challenging. Why…