Nasos k - Ryoanji
@ryoanji.bsky.social
Head of Product Design at Hack The Box.
The amount of things we do because people don't read is mind-blowing. If your team doesn't read your document, put them in the same room and make them read it. I can't even comprehend what "they don't read" means. This is how you respect other people's work - find the time and don't summarise.
October 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The amount of things we do because people don't read is mind-blowing. If your team doesn't read your document, put them in the same room and make them read it. I can't even comprehend what "they don't read" means. This is how you respect other people's work - find the time and don't summarise.
I was reading the latest report from Lyssna. And did they really frame synthesis, pattern identification and insights as frustrations in research synthesis? Lol – pretty heavy handed way to set up AI as the solution.
September 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I was reading the latest report from Lyssna. And did they really frame synthesis, pattern identification and insights as frustrations in research synthesis? Lol – pretty heavy handed way to set up AI as the solution.
We often confuse complexity of understanding with complexity of solution. I've seen people avoid deeply understanding problems by hiding behind 'keep it simple', a principle that applies to users, not understand the problem space. Invisible, meaningful complexity is actually an asset.
September 7, 2025 at 7:05 AM
We often confuse complexity of understanding with complexity of solution. I've seen people avoid deeply understanding problems by hiding behind 'keep it simple', a principle that applies to users, not understand the problem space. Invisible, meaningful complexity is actually an asset.
Short or long PRDs both signal team culture issues if they're not being read. What does it say when teams skip reading PRDs, a design analysis, or meeting briefs, or research reports? When is 'not reading' ever acceptable in a healthy product culture? Also, are we creating documents worth reading?
August 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Short or long PRDs both signal team culture issues if they're not being read. What does it say when teams skip reading PRDs, a design analysis, or meeting briefs, or research reports? When is 'not reading' ever acceptable in a healthy product culture? Also, are we creating documents worth reading?
I declined a design podcast invitation, and since then, I have received 8 followups in 4 weeks. What are the chances that I would say yes on the 9th attempt? And that I wouldn't block them?
August 21, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I declined a design podcast invitation, and since then, I have received 8 followups in 4 weeks. What are the chances that I would say yes on the 9th attempt? And that I wouldn't block them?
Re-reading Visions of Cody and realizing: if I wrote about a close friend - my memories, feelings, how I perceived things; it would never be linear. Just a beautiful mess. What a way to express the truth of how we actually remember people. Made me appreciate every part that felt disconnected before.
July 29, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Re-reading Visions of Cody and realizing: if I wrote about a close friend - my memories, feelings, how I perceived things; it would never be linear. Just a beautiful mess. What a way to express the truth of how we actually remember people. Made me appreciate every part that felt disconnected before.
If someone declines an invitation, sending 5 identical follow-ups over a month won't change their mind, on the contrary it guarantees they'll never say yes. When the situation hasn't changed, neither will the answer. Work towards adding something new to the situation.
July 28, 2025 at 12:43 PM
If someone declines an invitation, sending 5 identical follow-ups over a month won't change their mind, on the contrary it guarantees they'll never say yes. When the situation hasn't changed, neither will the answer. Work towards adding something new to the situation.
When are record companies gonna resurrect the dead and release new AI versions of them to release new songs?
July 22, 2025 at 6:27 AM
When are record companies gonna resurrect the dead and release new AI versions of them to release new songs?
So they say that it's easy now to scale your product up to the first $10M ARR without a team. Do they forget that if it becomes so easy, market prices might collapse? Who would pay today's prices in a landscape of other hundred vibed competitors.
July 18, 2025 at 5:24 AM
So they say that it's easy now to scale your product up to the first $10M ARR without a team. Do they forget that if it becomes so easy, market prices might collapse? Who would pay today's prices in a landscape of other hundred vibed competitors.
My favorite LinkedIn behavior is when someone posts a 'provocative' take on a subject, people reply with their arguments, and the author responds to every comment with 'Oh yes, 100%... Totally agree... Great perspective...
July 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
My favorite LinkedIn behavior is when someone posts a 'provocative' take on a subject, people reply with their arguments, and the author responds to every comment with 'Oh yes, 100%... Totally agree... Great perspective...
Are we going to see a war of clones anytime soon? I could definitely code a bad version of an app with much more limited and lower quality content, but I'd only charge $2-3 instead of 15-20$. Would this be attractive enough? And I don't mean my original idea - literally just a bad copy.
July 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Are we going to see a war of clones anytime soon? I could definitely code a bad version of an app with much more limited and lower quality content, but I'd only charge $2-3 instead of 15-20$. Would this be attractive enough? And I don't mean my original idea - literally just a bad copy.
Nothing kills my vibe faster than when people take out their phones to record as soon as someone starts dancing or having fun at a party or concert. What an awful behaviour.
July 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Nothing kills my vibe faster than when people take out their phones to record as soon as someone starts dancing or having fun at a party or concert. What an awful behaviour.
If someone from your team takes the time to conduct research or an investigation and share their findings, the way to show your respect and appreciation is by spending time reading it. Don't summarize.
July 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
If someone from your team takes the time to conduct research or an investigation and share their findings, the way to show your respect and appreciation is by spending time reading it. Don't summarize.
Spotify's final form will be an AI elevator music machine. Endless "chill vibes," "reading jazz," "NY 60s cafe", "80s ambient to stay still" playlists; that way they will become the artist as well.
June 26, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Spotify's final form will be an AI elevator music machine. Endless "chill vibes," "reading jazz," "NY 60s cafe", "80s ambient to stay still" playlists; that way they will become the artist as well.
When we will lose faith in digital simulacra, we'll return to the real one, until we regulate it and return to the digital. Fun times are ahead; Can't wait to experience the messy interpolation.
June 26, 2025 at 5:24 AM
When we will lose faith in digital simulacra, we'll return to the real one, until we regulate it and return to the digital. Fun times are ahead; Can't wait to experience the messy interpolation.
I always feel that Maven is a good platform to spend your yearly training budget on. I've taken many courses there that would be an instant regret if I were using my own money (way overpriced for what you getting), with few exceptions that are usually the shortest and to-the-point ones.
June 21, 2025 at 6:28 AM
I always feel that Maven is a good platform to spend your yearly training budget on. I've taken many courses there that would be an instant regret if I were using my own money (way overpriced for what you getting), with few exceptions that are usually the shortest and to-the-point ones.
No matter how easy prototyping gets, I’ll always start with a well-prepared storyboarding session to align stakeholders and focus discussions on the experience and value we want to deliver. Once that's clear, use whatever prototype software you want... the storyboard will carry the politics.
June 17, 2025 at 6:28 AM
No matter how easy prototyping gets, I’ll always start with a well-prepared storyboarding session to align stakeholders and focus discussions on the experience and value we want to deliver. Once that's clear, use whatever prototype software you want... the storyboard will carry the politics.
Apple didn't invent flat design, they embraced a movement that web and product designers had been championing for years. Now we're seeing a different evolution: tech capabilities are enabling more expressive interfaces, but this shift isn't driven by cultural discourse... feels a bit shallow.
June 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Apple didn't invent flat design, they embraced a movement that web and product designers had been championing for years. Now we're seeing a different evolution: tech capabilities are enabling more expressive interfaces, but this shift isn't driven by cultural discourse... feels a bit shallow.
There are many ways to build a product, each valid under different conditions. But our willingness to win arguments can hide the obvious: teamwork should be built on collective consent and shared ownership. Build agreements and optimise them.
May 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
There are many ways to build a product, each valid under different conditions. But our willingness to win arguments can hide the obvious: teamwork should be built on collective consent and shared ownership. Build agreements and optimise them.
Out of curiosity - how many of these prompt-based apps/companies have actually been designed and coded by LLMs? From UX to coding to brand design, pick up whatever you want.
May 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Out of curiosity - how many of these prompt-based apps/companies have actually been designed and coded by LLMs? From UX to coding to brand design, pick up whatever you want.
One thing I would love to use AI tools for is generative and speculative research in prototyping, but that's precisely where LLMs' weakness lies as well, on creating the "new."
May 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
One thing I would love to use AI tools for is generative and speculative research in prototyping, but that's precisely where LLMs' weakness lies as well, on creating the "new."
All low fidelity activities like storyboarding, sketching, wireframing, JTBD, rapid prototyping etc. exist within an inherently slow phase of clarifying vision and aligning teams on multiple decisions. And well... if we have already reached that point, design is fast, isn't it?
May 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
All low fidelity activities like storyboarding, sketching, wireframing, JTBD, rapid prototyping etc. exist within an inherently slow phase of clarifying vision and aligning teams on multiple decisions. And well... if we have already reached that point, design is fast, isn't it?
I find what people project into AI more fascinating than AI itself
April 9, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I find what people project into AI more fascinating than AI itself
UX must go through a "kill your idols" phase.
April 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
UX must go through a "kill your idols" phase.
I am supporting any specialist who experiment and integrating ai in his processes and push boundaries with it. I’m against framing ai as a way to outsource specialty, because that dumbs down the outcomes and quality standards. I guess thats my stance on ai.
March 31, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I am supporting any specialist who experiment and integrating ai in his processes and push boundaries with it. I’m against framing ai as a way to outsource specialty, because that dumbs down the outcomes and quality standards. I guess thats my stance on ai.