I'm not sure how much value making something "not fugly" really matters. Design should be based on functionality, not anti-fugliness. In my experience, design c

I'm not sure how much value making something "not fugly" really matters. Design should be based on functionality, not anti-fugliness. In my experience, design considerations should come after building a successful growth "feedback loop." (Or whatever you want to call it.) At that point, you may decide making your website look "polished" isn't even necessary. IMDB was certainly quite ugly for a long time. See: https://web.archive.org/web/20100712165326/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000352/ https://web.archive.org/web/20100712165326/http://www.imdb.c... Other examples of extremely successful, low design sites: https://archiveofourown.org/ https://archiveofourown.org/ https://news.ycombinator.com/ https://news.ycombinator.com/