🎨 Do solo makers need a UI/UX designer?
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For solo makers, wearing every hat is almost unavoidable - developer, marketer, support, product… and often designer too.
AI makes this even easier now. You can generate UI pretty quickly, but a lot of products end up relying on consistent, polished AI-generated solutions rather than something truly unique or thoughtfully designed for their specific product.
So I’m curious:
Do you design the UI/UX yourself when building solo?
Or do you think bringing in a designer (even for a few key screens) is worth it?
And if you’re using AI for design, do you feel it’s enough to get you to a good product experience?
Would love to hear how other makers approach it.
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I have found that polished screens can still create confusing experiences. Testing with real users matters more than making every screen beautiful.
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@garyshenk In the case of a UI/UX designer, it isn't more about ,,beautiful and polished,, but about user experience first.
A professional designer combines both - beautiful and intuitive design. And it’s all about micro-decisions like button placement, color, spacing, and so on.
I think even with testing results, a designer can interpret them and make wiser changes based on experience.