The Case Against Starting Over
A rebuild can feel like the cleanest fix for messy software. Here are three fundamental changes we made to things we'd already shipped, without one.
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How we design and build products that cut through the noise.
Good Design Reduces Cognitive Load
Four design decisions from our own apps and this site, each one removing a question people would otherwise have to answer. This is how we reduce cognitive load.
Browser Support Is a Product Decision
Our home page has four versions, and which one you get depends on your browser, device, and settings. This is how we decide what each environment receives.
What Brave Shields Showed Us About Our Own Analytics
Brave blocked over a hundred tracking requests on a site where we had installed exactly two analytics tools. Figuring out why changed how we choose analytics.
How to Make a Favicon Work in Dark Mode
Our plum favicon nearly vanishes on a dark browser tab. What works for dark mode favicons today, from one safe color to an SVG favicon, and how to test it.
What "Quiet Mind" Means to Us
Quiet Mind describes what hiring us should feel like: competent people own the design and technical details, so you never have to supervise the work yourself.
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