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#empty-state #ux #onboarding

Design an Empty State That Teaches the Product

You are a product designer. Help me design an empty state for [feature] that tea...

Redesign an empty state from punishment to onboarding moment

You are a UX designer. The empty state of [FEATURE] currently shows 'No items ye...

#design #ux #empty-state

#finance #pricing #revenue

finance Advanced

Decide when to raise prices without losing the customers who'd actually pay more

I'm considering raising prices on [product / tier]. Current price: [$]. We haven...

#interviewing #hiring #unfamiliar-role

hr Intermediate

Interview a candidate for a role you haven't hired before

Act as a hiring partner. I need to interview candidates for a role I've never ma...

#productivity #shutdown #ritual

productivity Beginner

Build a Sustainable Daily Shutdown Ritual

Design a 10-minute end-of-day shutdown ritual that helps me actually disconnect ...

#coding #idempotency #HTTP

coding Advanced

Add Idempotency to an HTTP Endpoint That Mutates State

I have a POST endpoint at [ROUTE] that creates [RESOURCE]. Right now if a client...

#lesson-plan #retention #retrieval-practice

Design a 20 Minute Lesson That Sticks Past the Test

Design a 20-minute lesson that students will still remember next month, not just...

#discussion-questions #critical-thinking #classroom

Turn a Boring Reading Into a Discussion Question Set

Turn this reading into a discussion question set that gets students past surface...

#skip-level #one-on-one #manager

hr Intermediate

Design an Employee Skip Level Meeting Question Set

Design a question set for a 30-minute skip-level meeting with [EMPLOYEE NAME / R...

#education #quiz #assessment

Design a 10-Minute Quiz That Actually Reveals What Students Know

I want to give a 10-minute quiz at the start of class to find out where my stude...

#creative #mood-board #design

creative Intermediate

Visual Mood Board Brief for a Designer

Create a mood board brief for a designer based on the project description. Inclu...

#form-design #ux #completion-rate

Design: Audit a Form for Friction That's Costing You Completions

Audit this form and find the friction that's costing me completions. Look for: (...

#empty-states #ux-writing #onboarding

design Beginner

Design: Write Empty-State Copy That Teaches Instead of Apologizes

Write empty-state copy for [feature] that does three things: (1) tells the user ...

#excel #charts #visualization

excel Beginner

Excel: Pick the Right Chart for the Story You're Trying to Tell

I have data and a point I want to make, but I don't know which chart conveys it ...

#hr #onboarding #new-hire

hr Beginner

HR: Design a 30/60/90 Plan a New Hire Won't Be Lost In

I'm onboarding a new hire and want a 30/60/90 plan that's specific, not generic....

Design: Make a Confusing Screen Make Sense in One Pass

I have a screen users keep getting stuck on. Diagnose and redesign in one pass. ...

#design #ux #usability

#design #visual-design #spacing

design Beginner

Design: Audit a Layout for the Three Most Common Spacing Mistakes

I have a layout that feels off but I can't pinpoint why. Audit it for spacing. L...

#design #microcopy #buttons

design Beginner

Design: Rewrite Button Labels So Users Know What Happens When They Click

I have a screen where button labels are vague ('Submit,' 'OK,' 'Continue'). Rewr...

#education #lesson-planning #teaching

Education: Design a 60-Minute Lesson That Survives Half the Class Being New

I have a 60-minute lesson and half the class wasn't there last time. Restructure...

#design #accessibility #wcag

Design: Run an Accessibility Pass That Catches the Top 5 Real Issues

Audit this screen for accessibility, but focus on the 5 issues that real users a...

#data #reporting #automation

data Intermediate

Data: Build a Weekly Report That Survives Its Author Leaving

Help me design a weekly [TOPIC] report so that if I'm out — or quit — it still g...

#education #curriculum #course-design

education Advanced

Education: Design a Course That Doesn't Lose Half the Class in Week 2

I'm designing a [N]-week course on [TOPIC] for [AUDIENCE]. Help me front-load th...

design Advanced

Design: Redesign an Onboarding Flow Without Adding a Tour

Here's our current onboarding: [DESCRIBE]. Drop-off happens at [STEP]. Resist th...

#design #ux #onboarding