Everyone wants to “design something beautiful.”
But beauty without understanding is decoration — not design.
Before I open Figma or VS Code, I try to ask one thing:
“Why does this exist?”
That one question changes everything.
It forces you to think about the user, the goal, the constraint — all the messy parts that make design hard. And that’s where the real creativity happens.
Good design isn’t about adding things — it’s about removing what doesn’t matter.
Good development isn’t about clever code — it’s about code that serves a clear purpose.
Next time you start a new project, don’t rush to mockups or commits.
Spend that extra hour understanding what problem you’re really solving.
Because when you understand, you don’t just make something that works —
you make something that feels right.
Design is complicated simple.