How Mercury’s website uses subtle tricks to explain its features Mercury is a fintech company operating in the US. It’s like any other neo-bank that can support the banking needs of startups without the hassle of dealing with stringent banking rules and…

The layoffs are cutting deep and BootCamp designers are not able to match the expectation of hiring managers The current layoffs in the tech industry are going rather deep. Tech folks improve their skills for a lifetime to get a chance to get into big companies and yet, there is…

Blockchain design principles and communication Blockchain — a peer-to-peer network that sits on the internet — was introduced in Oct 2008 as part of a proposal for bitcoin, a virtual currency system that eschewed a central authority for issuing currency, transferring ownership, and confirming transactions. But even after more than…

Can the delivery boxes be made better? Delivering food to consumers for a small commission fee is one of the most underrated and intensive tasks that people opt to do today. It can be frustrating, takes a toll on the body, and doesn’t pay enough. Food delivery riders are always…

Could the subscription be made more valuable? Twitter’s 8$/month subscription isn’t something that tech-savvy folks around the world anticipated most people are unhappy with its introduction of it. Based on the communication leaks at Twitter, it also seems like a move that is made in rush. The decision was made…

Color logic for lyrics in Spotify Spotify rolled out the real-time lyrics feature to all of its global features in Nov 2021. It’s been almost a year since the feature got released, and it is scaling across various languages quite gracefully. I usually listen to a few of the regional…

How neobanks like Wise are beating big banks I find it absurd that even at the end of 2022, big banks like DBS, Citigroup, HDFC, Standard Chartered, and others cannot compete with neo-banking solutions like Wise, Monzo, and Revolut. The packaging of any card from one of these big traditional…

Treat your portfolio like a design project because it is After building at least eight versions of my portfolio over the years, I have now realized that there is no one solution fits all scenario here. Just like every company is different in its way of working and finding the…

Relevance of Exploded View in hardware-based products You would probably say that a $799.99 price point for a vacuum cleaner is out of budget and overkill. But Dyson’s V15 was listed as one of the best in the market by various websites and people who have bought it are quite…