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My brain usually works in reverse,let me explain.The second a client starts walking me through a project whether it's on a call or in an early email,I’m already building the solution in my head. I’m literally rendering the final result while I’m still hearing the details for the first time.
Most of the time, I can see the finish line before I’ve even touched my trackpad or stylus( designers who use mouse are weird 😏 ). It’s not always a straight shot, and the vision definitely evolves, but it gives me a clear north star. The only downside? I end up with a huge vault of great ideas for projects that never actually get off the ground.
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I spent over a year as the product designer for Hypernative. They just raised $40M in Series B funding not long ago.
Hypernative is a real time security platform for Web3, protecting billions in assets across 60+ blockchains. The product is genuinely best in class. But when I started, the UX wasn't matching the tech.
The UI was super complex, data heavy, and required a steep learning curve. For a security platform where seconds matter, that's a big problem. If your users can't parse a critical alert instantly, the best detection engine in the world doesn't help.
So We rebuilt the experience around three pillars: clarity, actionability, and scalability.
Clarity meant redesigning the threat severity system so users could gauge urgency at a glance. Actionability meant replacing static alerts with interactive ones that included recommendations, historical context, and mitigation steps right in the UI. Scalability meant building a modular dashboard so different teams could customize the interface for their workflow.
The results were 40% improvement in threat detection response time. 30% increase in user retention. 25% reduction in false positive friction.
In complex B2B products, design is the difference between a tool people tolerate and a platform they rely on. Especially in security so if the UX creates cognitive load at the moment someone needs to act fast, you've already lost.
Perfect design
We’re hiring a Senior Product Designer at Surfer 🚀
Surfer is an AI-powered SEO platform helping teams create content that ranks. We’re building at the intersection of AI and data — and looking for someone who wants real product impact.
This is an end-to-end role: from shaping ideas to shipping and improving them.
💡 What you’ll actually work on:
– Real impact on a growing AI product
– Complex, data-rich problems
– Close product collaboration
📍 B2B contract
🔁 Long-term collaboration
Excited to share that I’m currently working on a Vehicle HMI (Human-Machine Interface) design for the Contra x Rive Challenge 🚀
This project focuses on a Boat Dashboard UI, combining real-time data, navigation insights, and smooth interactive animations using Rive.
From speed, fuel, and GPS tracking to risk indicators and marine navigation — the goal is to create a clean, intuitive, and futuristic interface
Still refining the animations — will be submitting soon! 🔥
Wow..!! 👏
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