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When do you know a design actually has enough?
In university, one of my professors kept using the word "suficiencia." There isn't a clean translation for it, but the idea was strict: if a detail adds meaning to the concept, it stays. If you're adding it just because it looks nice, it goes.
I didn't think much of it at the time. Now it's the question I ask before every project ships.
What's the one thing you were taught early on that you still use on every project?
suficiencia is a great word for it
The rule I still use is to decide the one job the page has to do before touching the layout. Once that job is clear, you can judge every detail against it instead of arguing about taste.
Mine's simpler: if I removed this, would anyone notice besides me? Suficiencia is the better frame though, because it asks about meaning, not just visibility — a detail can be invisible to the user and still be load-bearing for the concept.
Ah this is such a cool and TRUE method! I also do that
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