hot take: designers often feel like they have to defend every single choice they make, as if they're constantly on trial. that's because design is so visual—anyone can glance at it and throw out opinions, even if those opinions are vague or come from someone without much expertise. for instance, a non-designer might casually say, "this color feels... See more

I’ve seen a handful of apps using progressive blurs to transition content off-screen or behind elements and they often end up looking messy and making the exiting content a focal point. One way you can avoid this and still make a nice transition is to reduce the max blur radius, and combine it with a gradient fade-out.

Product designers, Would you still put in the extra effort to get the pixels perfect even if you knew dev won’t implement it 100%? Example below. This is a good thing to do as a designer and shows real thoroughness, but does it matter in the end?