Mitul Gajera
@mitulgajera
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Early camera phones flooded the internet with photos and videos. But only creators with real taste managed to cut through the noise and stand out.
It wasn’t about the camera, it was about taste.
We’re seeing the same thing happen in software right now.
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been experimenting with a range of new vibe coding tools like Lovable, bolt, V0, and Cursor to generate design components, and landing pages, and even help build out full product ideas in just minutes to a few hours.
It’s wild how quickly you can build small ideas, polished features, and designs.
But as I looked outside what’s being created by others (and my own work included), everything looks good on the surface...on-brand, trendy, technically impressive. Yet that spark of originality, the human touch was missing.
Shipping products is easy, judgment and taste are the real moat for scale.
How are you using these tools in your workflow? Would love to hear everyone's thoughts. 1 reply
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The hardest part of designing for Truflation wasn’t visual polish. It was a cognitive load.
12+ inflation categories, daily updates, comparison toggles...
People could see data. But not make decisions.
So I designed a system:
- Designed granular breakdowns and progressive disclosure to show data in dept per category (e.g., food, housing, transportation) without overwhelming on upfront.
- Color-coded inflation categories for instant scanning.
- A shared design language across every chart.
- Dynamic charts that let users compare timeframes, subcategories, and trends.
- Responsive components for widgets, calculators, and future tools.
- Contrast + spacing tuned for better readability on all screen sizes
It made Truflation feel less like a spreadsheet, and more like a decision tool.
And most importantly, it gave us a system we could build on across data of different countries, currencies, and use cases. 1 reply
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some days were calm, and others were just pure chaos.
but in the middle of all that, I got time to pause and reflect.
sometimes we put so much effort into goals, we forget to check why we started them in the first place, or worse, we chase things we think we should want.
and in all the rush, we miss the little surprises life throws our way, the moments that remind us there’s more than just the plan.
some things work out, some won’t, and some might turn out better than we imagined. I’ve learned to embrace uncertainty and fall in love with the process of trying more than the result, that’s what my practice was, it is and it will be. but for now, I’m back to clarity, calm, and quietly fired up.
thanks to everyone who checked in, stayed around.
one day, I’ll tell the full story.
if you’re around, let’s catch up. if you're building, let's connect.
more soon :) 0 reply
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