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US Usman Writes · UX Planet

7 Design Rules That Take 10 Minutes to Learn and Fix Your UI Forever

You can write clean code. Your logic is solid. Your app works perfectly.

Mar 24, 2026 · 7 min read · 1,087 claps paywalled #ui-design #web-development #front-end-development

7 Design Rules That Take 10 Minutes to Learn and Fix Your UI Forever

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US Usman Writes · Stackademic

Please. I’m Begging You. Close The Tab.

I Built a Website That Begs You to Leave. You Won’t Leave. That’s the Point.

Apr 04, 2026 · 6 min read · 204 claps paywalled #programming #web-development #humor

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US Usman Writes · UX Planet

The One UX Decision That Makes Your App Feel 10x Faster Without Touching a Single Line of Backend…

Every time your app loads something, your user feels something. Frustration. Confidence. Impatience. Relief. You don’t get to opt out of…

Jun 11, 2026 · 9 min read · 154 claps paywalled #web-development #ux-design #javascript

The One UX Decision That Makes Your App Feel 10x Faster Without Touching a Single Line of Backend…

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US Usman Writes · UX Planet

The 6 UX Principles That You Can Reduce User Frustration When Filling Out Forms

Forms are one of the most frustrating parts of using any app or website. But they don’t have to be. A few small changes can completely…

Jun 09, 2026 · 5 min read · 154 claps paywalled #html #javascript #web-development

The 6 UX Principles That You Can Reduce User Frustration When Filling Out Forms

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US Usman Writes · UX Planet

The UX Decisions Hiding in Your Code

A user opens your signup form. Name, email, password. Nothing complicated. Twelve seconds later they close the tab and never come back.

Jul 14, 2026 · 8 min read · 152 claps paywalled #ux #ux-design #web-development

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US Usman Writes · UX Planet

The Hairline Border Trick: One CSS Property Doing Three Jobs

Open the inspector on any Linear card, any Stripe input, any Vercel panel. Look for the border. Now look at the box-shadow property…

Jul 02, 2026 · 7 min read · 125 claps paywalled #css #web-development #front-end-development

The Hairline Border Trick: One CSS Property Doing Three Jobs

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The most exciting new and emerging HTML and CSS APIs

Every few years, a wave of new browser features quietly makes a large portion of your codebase obsolete. position: sticky killed a thousand…

Jun 17, 2026 · 7 min read · 110 claps paywalled #html #css #web-development

The most exciting new and emerging HTML and CSS APIs

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US Usman Writes · UX Planet

12 Mobile Menu Patterns, and the One Question That Decides Which One You Need

We all know what it’s like to be on a website that has a really bad mobile menu that’s just super frustrating to interact with. You tap the…

Jul 06, 2026 · 12 min read · 90 claps paywalled #ux-design #ui-design #web-development

12 Mobile Menu Patterns, and the One Question That Decides Which One You Need

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US Usman Writes · UX Planet

I’ve Watched 10 UI Trends Rise and Die. Most Designers Still Can’t Name Half of Them.

You have touched all ten of these today. Maybe before you even got out of bed.

Jun 21, 2026 · 8 min read · 87 claps paywalled #web-design #web-development #ui-design

I’ve Watched 10 UI Trends Rise and Die. Most Designers Still Can’t Name Half of Them.

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US Usman Writes · Stackademic

Everyone thinks accessibility is alt text and contrast ratios. That’s a beginner’s mistake.

Run an accessibility audit on most sites and you’ll see the same fixes. Add alt text. Bump the contrast. Make the font bigger. Ship it.

Jul 07, 2026 · 14 min read · 60 claps paywalled #accessibility #web-development #ux-design

Everyone thinks accessibility is alt text and contrast ratios. That’s a beginner’s mistake.

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US Usman Writes · JavaScript in Plain English

JavaScript ES2026 Just Shipped What Developers Have Been Asking for Years

For 30 years, JavaScript developers have been quietly suffering. Date object had a lot of limitations, and every developer knows it. Time…

Jul 16, 2026 · 8 min read · 60 claps paywalled #javascript #web-development #software-engineering

JavaScript ES2026 Just Shipped What Developers Have Been Asking for Years

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US Usman Writes · Stackademic

The JavaScript Date API Every Developer Hates Is Now Legacy

The JavaScript date API that every developer hates has now become legacy. A new API has launched that solves all the issues of the old date…

Jul 09, 2026 · 6 min read · 51 claps paywalled #javascript #programming #web-development

The JavaScript Date API Every Developer Hates Is Now Legacy

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US Usman Writes · Stackademic

The top 6 Most Hated Programming Languages

Developers love to hate. That’s not a knock, it’s just how the culture works. Ask anyone who writes code for a living to name the language…

Jul 03, 2026 · 4 min read · 50 claps paywalled #programming #software-development #web-development

The top 6 Most Hated Programming Languages

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US Usman Writes

5 UX laws every developer must know

Yes, I said it, developers, not the designers, because most developers treat UX as a coat of paint. Slap on some padding, pick a nice font…

Jun 23, 2026 · 11 min read · 24 claps paywalled #ux-design #web-development #front-end-development

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US Usman Writes

Micro-Animations for Better User Experience

You click a button and it bounces. You hover over a card and it lifts. These tiny movements aren’t decoration. They’re feedback that makes…

Nov 27, 2025 · 4 min read · 24 claps paywalled #css #web-development #front-end-development

Micro-Animations for Better User Experience

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Why Google’s Latest SERP Update Has the SEO Community in Panic Mode

Google just killed the 100 results per page setting.

Sep 22, 2025 · 5 min read · 17 claps paywalled #seo #google-serp #seo-updates

Why Google’s Latest SERP Update Has the SEO Community in Panic Mode

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Why Some Apps Make You Wait on Purpose

Some apps will make you wait longer than they need to. It’s not a bug. It’s a feature. And there’s a name for it in psychology: labor…

Jun 10, 2026 · 5 min read · 14 claps paywalled #ux-design #ui-design #ui-ux

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US Usman Writes

The One Color Decision That Makes a UI Look Expensive: Part 2

The Edge Cases Nobody Talks About

May 20, 2026 · 9 min read · 6 claps paywalled #web-design #web-development #ui-design

The One Color Decision That Makes a UI Look Expensive: Part 2

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Most Popular Backend Languages: Choose Wisely, Code Powerfully

Let’s break down the most popular backend languages and which one of them is the is best for you.

Feb 18, 2025 · 6 min read · 0 claps #backend #backend-development #backend-developer

Most Popular Backend Languages: Choose Wisely, Code Powerfully

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Have You Ever Wondered What Keeps Blockchain Running?

We talk a lot about cryptocurrencies, smart contracts, and decentralized applications, but what’s the actual engine behind all of this? The…

May 07, 2025 · 5 min read · 0 claps #blockchain-technology #blockchain-node #web3

Have You Ever Wondered What Keeps Blockchain Running?

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You’ve Been Copying Arrays Like a Fool. JavaScript Just Fixed That.

It was a Friday afternoon at a fintech startup in San Francisco. The lead engineer pushed a small update to the trading dashboard. Nothing…

Jun 08, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #javascript #array-methods #web-development

You’ve Been Copying Arrays Like a Fool. JavaScript Just Fixed That.

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When to Debounce vs Throttle: A Developer’s Guide to Efficient Event Handling

How to use debounce and throttling in JavaScript as well as comparing the differences between them.

Jan 25, 2025 · 2 min read · 0 claps #javascript #js-event-handling #debounce