I’m a UX designer recovering from "pixel-perfection" syndrome.

I’m Lily, a UX designer and a founding member of a startup. I have a confession: I spent a huge chunk of my career designing incredibly beautiful, pixel-perfect screens... for products that absolutely zero people wanted to buy.

I finally snapped. I realized that a smooth micro-interaction can't save a product with zero market demand. Now, I’m entirely obsessed with data-driven validation. I refuse to even open a design tool until the business logic has been brutally stress-tested by raw data.

Just dropping by to say hi and see if I'm alone here. Are there any other "recovering perfectionists" who have embraced the "ugly but validated" philosophy? What’s the hardest truth you’ve had to accept about one of your past projects?