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We designed a $1M style app for a client… Now it runs our whole team.

We started this project with one goal:
build something simple, clear, and easy for real people to use.

So before touching the design, we did the work that actually matters:

  • real user research
  • task based UX flows
  • testing simple versions
  • removing screens that didn’t help

Nothing fancy.
Just honest UX work based on what people actually do.

When we finished the design, the client launched it.
And here’s the part that feels different:

We now use this app inside our agency for our daily work.

Not because we had to.
But because it genuinely helps.

For me, that’s the real win.
Not awards. Not likes.
But using something you created because it actually solves a problem.

posted to Icon for group Building in Public
Building in Public
on November 20, 2025
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    Love this approach. Starting with real user behavior instead of jumping straight into visuals is what actually leads to products people want to use. The fact that your own team adopted it internally says more than any case study or award could.

  2. 1

    Love this. Congrats on building something that actually helps the team day to day.

    1. 1

      Thank you. I believe this is the actual win for us.

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