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Refactoring UI

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Learn how to design beautiful user interfaces by yourself using specific tactics explained from a developer's point-of-view. Derrick Reimer Founder of SavvyCal Alex MacCaw Founder of Clearbit Justin Jackson Co-founder of Transistor Hi! I'm Adam Wathan, a full stack developer who used to suck at design. I've been friends with Steve Schoger for years and we've worked on a bunch of side projects together — him handling the UI design and me taking care of development. Like a lot of developers, I always wished I could make my ideas look awesome without relying on a designer, but any time I tried to design something myself I would always get frustrated and give up. I always chalked it up to a left brain/right brain sort of thing — I'm logical and analytical so I'm good at programming, people like Steve are intuitive and creative so he's good at design. But after working closely with Steve I started picking up little tricks. Tricks that didn't require any artistic talent, but made things look

Refactoring UI “I know this looks terrible, but I have no idea why.” Hi! I’m Adam Wathan , a full stack developer who used to suck at design. I’ve been friends with Steve Schoger for years and we’ve worked on a bunch of side projects together — him handling the UI design and me taking care of development. Like a lot of developers, I always wished I could make my ideas look awesome without relying on a designer, but any time I tried to design something myself I would always get frustrated and give up. I always chalked it up to a left brain/right brain sort of thing — I’m logical and analytical

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