>Like a lot of you I have mostly worked in back-end or systems software. My CSS/UI/UX skills are very minimal. I never came up with a special talent for UI/UX.

>Like a lot of you I have mostly worked in back-end or systems software. My CSS/UI/UX skills are very minimal. I never came up with a special talent for UI/UX. I remember I had a friend who was web developer he was insanely talented , could make a sexy landing page in just a few minutes. For me this has always been impossible , I immediately start thinking about optimizations, legacy browser support , CI/CD etc... Typical issues of system driven person.... A few years ago I realized I wasn’t like him and it was « Okay ». I found out I can’t do « many side projects » at once nor frequently. Instead I only build one project at a time but I do it properly. I design things out in Photoshop or Adobe XD where I usually spend weeks before coding anything. The goal is really to be working in pure V Cycle where you don’t start Prototype unless you are done with the design. Been using this technique ever since and I haven’t been frustrated ever since. Would recommend to try it with any design software that you like to work with.