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So I'm a designer. not a developer. I have never written a line of code in my life.
Somewhere between a late night and a lot of Gemini prompts, I ended up shipping a live web app called Postcards You Never Sent.
The idea was simple, some memories are too alive for a photograph. You were so present in the moment that the camera never came out. And now all you have is how your chest felt.
So I built something for that. You fill in who it's for, where you were, what you felt, what you never said, and it generates a dreamy illustrated postcard. Not a photo. A painting of the feeling.
It took me about 3 weeks. It broke approximately 400 times. The API key alone was a 3-day saga. Gemini destroyed my postcard design at least 6 times despite me saying "do not touch this component" in every prompt.
But it's live. It works. And honestly, it's one of the things I'm most proud of building.
What I learned about vibe coding that nobody tells you: the skill isn't in the prompting. It's in knowing what to protect, when to checkpoint, and when to stop asking the AI and just look at the logs yourself.
If you're a designer thinking about building something, I genuinely think now is the time. The barrier is lower than it has ever been. All this aside, Would love for you to give it a try, share it around, and let me know what you think. : https://unsent-912009133385.us-west1.run.app/ (try on desktop) 🙌
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What if one of the most meaningful messages you ever receive… is written by a version of you that no longer exists?
That question became Dear Future my submission for the #Base44Challenge.
We save photos.
We save messages.
We save memories.
But we rarely preserve who we were in that exact moment what we were thinking, hoping for, afraid of, or becoming.
So I designed a digital time capsule where your words don’t just get stored.
They wait for you.
With Dear Future, you can:
✦ Write a letter to your future self or someone else
✦ Add memories and images
✦ Choose the exact future date it should return
✦ Personalize your capsule with colours and seals
✦ Seal it so it can’t be read or edited before its opening date
✦ Watch the countdown inside your personal archive
✦ Return later and experience the letter as something preserved not just another notification
But the biggest design challenge wasn’t creating a way to send a letter later.
It was designing the wait.
As a Senior Product & UI/UX Designer, I wanted every interaction to support that idea.
The archive.
The physical capsule metaphor.
The vintage television.
The sealing ritual.
The countdown.
The responsive mobile experience.
None of them are there just for decoration. Together, they turn anticipation into part of the product.
I designed the UX, visual system, interaction language, responsive experience, storytelling, and complete product flow then built and shipped the working experience with @Base44.
This project reminded me why I love product design:
A good interface helps someone complete a task.
A meaningful experience makes them feel something while doing it.
Dear Future Words outlive the moment.
Experience the project ↓
Dear future capsule
Would you write something for yourself five years from now?
Every client has said this at least once:
"It’s just one small change."
Then auth breaks, database need a migration, one integration stops working, and somehow it’s 2 AM 😅
Writing the change is usually easy. Finding everything it can break is the real work.
What was your biggest “small change”?
This is so relatable — that line about finding everything it can break being the real work is spot on. The 2 AM part made me laugh.
AI isn't the designer. It's the tool.
You're the designer. The art director.
It can't design without your direction.
yes, we are like a boss to AI. its all upto us how we get done our work from subordinate.