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• The goal was not to make it fancy.
It was to make the search useful. Students need quick means to find a conversation without distracting their learning.
• For this MVP, I focused on simplicity.
Clean interface, clear message hierarchy, and minimal friction to start a conversation. No unnecessary features yet, just the core interaction working properly.
• I paid attention to the small details.
Input behaviour, timestamps, empty states, and how responses appear. Chat is less about visuals and more about flow and timing.
• What worked?
The interaction feels direct and distraction-free.
• What’s next?
Exploring message states, smart prompts, and possibly structured replies once we validate usage.
It’s still early, but direction > perfection.
Chat design experiences, what do you prioritize first:
Speed, Clarity, or Engagement?
Love this approach 👌
Thank you Akinkunmi!
Love this approach 👌 Simplicity is so underrated in MVPs. What was the hardest part to simplify?
Thank you Abhiram, And it mostly tied to the level of technological advancement we currently experience, the AI age, where people ship fast, so a lot of founders just want to scale immediately which most time does not always work out.
For me it’s what stays and what comes later....
Really like that framing — what stays vs what comes later is such a sharp way to think about MVP decisions.
Feels like most complexity problems are actually prioritization problems
Exactly!👍
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