The Product Microscope

Engineers don't hate designers

They hate designers who don't understand technical constraints

Feb 21 • Niki Tisza

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Personas are fiction that your team pretends to care about during kickoff meetings

Remember “Sarah, 34, marketing manager who values efficiency”?

Feb 21 • Niki Tisza

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Senior designers who can't code are becoming obsolete faster than they think

I’m not saying you need to be a full-stack developer.

Feb 20 • Niki Tisza

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User research is often just expensive validation for decisions already made

User research is often just expensive validation for decisions already made.

Feb 19 • Niki Tisza

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The real threat to designers isn’t AI

AI can generate interfaces, create variations, and produce visual designs.

Feb 18 • Niki Tisza

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December 2025

AI UX Design Patterns

Where to learn UX design for AI interactions

Dec 26, 2025 • Niki Tisza

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5 Questions That Told Me It Was Time to Walk Away from My Job

Is it time to go?

Dec 10, 2025 • Niki Tisza

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Burnout: Should You Quit Your Job?

A framework for making the burnout decision

Dec 5, 2025 • Niki Tisza

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November 2025

The Product Designer’s Guide to Leaving a Job

As a PRO without the guilt

Nov 28, 2025 • Niki Tisza

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AI MCP for Product Designers | Make your Figma design system machine-readable and MCP-enabled

What you need to know about Model Context Protocol

Nov 23, 2025 • Niki Tisza

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September 2025

We’re Using AI to Build Products Nobody Wants

How to prevent the product death cycle

Sep 7, 2025 • Niki Tisza

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April 2025

The Best Approach to Design Critique

Tell me how you really feel

Apr 29, 2025 • Niki Tisza

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