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Always Think That Your User Is Stupid

Software design User experience Edge cases Error handling Ui Usability Defensive programming User testing

Programming Debugging Frontend Testing Webdev

1 year ago 362,270 views 2 shares

Always Think That Your User Is Stupid

user-experience-memes, software-design-memes, debugging-memes, frontend-memes, ui-memes | ProgrammerHumor.io

The classic developer-user relationship in its natural habitat. The programmer sits there in shock watching the user drink software straight from a cup like it's morning coffee. Meanwhile, the user has no idea why anything's wrong – they're just trying to use the product in ways no sane developer could have anticipated. After 15 years in this industry, I've learned that no matter how idiot-proof you make your interface, the universe just builds a better idiot. The real skill isn't writing code – it's predicting the creative ways users will break it.

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