Mastodawn

André Simmert Mar 14, 2024

To the user, your front-end is your product.

As much as I love thinking about UX, I dislike implementing it. Iterating over my back-end code brings me joy. Do the same with UX? Not so much. It’s tedious. It’s all about the sum of minimal tweaks. Each of which requires a lot of effort to feel right on many devices.

And there’s often no obvious finish line. I wonder how da Vinci knew when the Mona Lisa was done.

Show thread

Anton Sotkov Mar 14, 2024

@intellent How do you know where to draw the finish line for the back-end code?

Show thread

André Simmert

@antons I’d say when it feels right. Which means: I don’t. Similar for the front-end. The big difference is that I can see a version of that finish line before I start implementing back-end code. And the actual finish line is often close to that estimate. That rarely happens to me on the front-end.