I’ve mentored 100 designers. The ones who grow fastest all have one thing in common. They don’t ask “how do I do this?” They ask “why does this matter to the user?” That single shift changes everything. Follow for more lessons from the mentoring trenches.

4 stages of actually using AI well: 1: Random questions (most people stop here) 2: Better prompts 3: Provide context 4: Build workflows Most designers are stuck at 1. Don't be most designers.

1/13 🇮🇳 CBSE OSM “Scam” = Manufactured Outrage Rahul Gandhi & Kejriwal grabbed a 17-year-old blogger and turned routine procurement paperwork into a “corruption conspiracy.” I read the tender, the bid documents, the penalty clauses and the evaluation records. Time to destroy this narrative. 🧵

Life after IPL

The UX career risk from AI isn't job loss. It's irrelevance. Designers who can't articulate why a decision was made - not just what was designed will get bypassed. By PMs. By engineers. By the AI that drafts faster than they think. Defend your reasoning, not your deliverables.

Nobody tells beginners this: UX doesn't start with Figma. It starts with observation. What you notice in a coffee shop, a lift, an app you use daily - that's where design thinking begins.

Getting an @Olacabs and @Uber n Pune is a totally frustrating experience. Drivers don't accept rides and ask only for cash, and @CMOMaharashtra has turned a blind eye to this situation. So many complaints on X, but no action.

Me trying to design without Claude n chatGPT

My actual AI design workflow in 2026: - Claude for briefs, critique and research synthesis - Figma Make for ideation generation - Claude Figma Make for rapid prototyping - Maze for usability testing - Claude again for synthesis and recommendations AI didn't replace my workflow. It replaced the slow parts of it.

#InfiniteIndia | The Sati narrative was often distorted during colonial rule to malign India and its civilization. In the Ramayana and Mahabharata, countless women were widowed, yet widow burning was not the norm. Ancient Vedic traditions allowed widows to live with dignity and remarry, but selective interpretations were used by colonial Christian missionaries to defame India’s social heritage. Watch the full program: youtu.be/u6FD001pITw @authoramish #IndianHistory #Sati #ColonialNarrative #InfiniteIndiaOnDD

Do not just share Figma file, Explain- "Here's what we're solving. Here's why we made these decisions. Here are the edge cases."

Managing your own work is as important as doing your own work.

The worst thing a UX designer can say in a sprint planning meeting: "It depends."

UX designers are great at solving user problems. Most are terrible at managing stakeholder expectations. And that gap kills more good design than bad research ever will.

Is the NEET UG cancelled? This is pathetic. Someone needs to take responsibility, education minister?

I've audited multiple financial apps. The problems are almost always the same. My go-to UX audit checklist for finance apps: - First impression: does it feel trustworthy in 5 seconds? - Onboarding: zero hand-holding needed? - Transaction flow: fewest possible steps to send or receive money? - Error handling: specific, kind, actionable messages? - Data display: context around every number? - Confirmation: user always knows what happened? - Edge cases: failed payment, no network, session expired? - Accessibility: designed for everyone, not just tech-comfortable users? - Empty states: new user experience thoughtfully designed? - Trust cues: security, receipts, transparency at every step? Save this for your next audit.

The biggest lesson from designing finance products: When money is involved - every extra tap costs trust. Reduce steps. Confirm clearly. Never leave the user wondering if it worked. In finance UX doubt is a design failure.

Question for designers: What's one thing you keep saying you'll learn - but haven't started yet? I'll go first - systematic documentation. Always felt urgent. Never felt important enough. now trying to work on it everytime.

Claude Design launched last month. For designers in India - this matters more than most people realise. PMs who couldn't communicate ideas visually? Now they can. Founders who couldn't afford a designer for early prototypes? Now they have a starting point. Junior designers who spent hours on basic wireframes? Now they spend minutes. The bar for "good enough to discuss" just dropped dramatically. Which means the bar for "professional design thinking" just went up. Know your worth. Sharpen your judgment. Use the tools. That's how designers stay ahead.

5 AI habits I use every single day as a UX designer. None require coding. All take under 10 minutes. - Morning: Paste brief into Claude. Ask "what am I missing?" - Before Figma: Ask Claude to poke holes in your concept - After research: Use AI to find patterns in messy notes - Before presenting: Ask Claude to play devil's advocate - End of day: Ask "what would I do differently?" AI isn't a tool you open once. It's a habit you build daily.

Innovation in UX isn’t about designing something nobody has seen before. It’s about solving something nobody bothered to fix. The most innovative products I’ve seen weren’t clever. They were obvious in hindsight. Find the obvious thing everyone is ignoring. Fix that.