r/UserExperienceDesign

I posted here ~2 weeks ago asking if my landing page communicated in 5 seconds. Verdict: too wordy, weak hierarchy, buried value prop. Thanks for all the valuable comments.

So I made a bigger change than a rewrite: I removed the landing page entirely. The link now drops visitors straight into the product — a live conversation with Mirror (a self-reflection AI that asks questions instead of answering them). No signup, nothing stored — everything's gone when you close the tab.

https://www.themindmirror.me

What I'd love fresh eyes on:

1. First 5 seconds: do you know what this is and what to do?
2. The starter chips: ("I can't decide whether to…", "I keep ending up in the same situation…") — helpful on-ramp or clutter?
3. Are the additional features for signing up an account clear? or confusing ?

Much appreciated of your time!

I am a software developer and have been working in a company for three years now, since graduating from school. My company is small, and I do many things. I create UI/UX for systems, then handle the frontend, and I also work on the backend, sometimes even project management. I want to change companies but the problem is that I know a little in all these fields and cannot decide which position to apply for. I am curious what it is like to work only as a UI/UX designer, Frontend programmer, and backend programmer.

UI/UX and design generally were something I always loved and practised, it's so easy and natural to me, but it feels like I am losing my potential if I only do that. I would enjoy working as a designer but feel like I won't be paid enough.

On the other hand, at school, programming in Java was amazing and now in university working with Spring Boot was so cool. I wonder if it's realistic to cover these three - the frontend, the backend and being good with UI/UX. To be able to create the whole app by myself. Then it comes to mind can't I be something like a tech lead one day?

I will be happy to hear from you what it is like to do each of these jobs and your opinions.

Update, June 30: Thanks for the comments here. I’ve tightened the map to make the calibration boundary more explicit. I’m not arguing that synthetic users replace UX research. The question I’m tracking is: what, if anything, can automated/browser/model-based signals reliably detect before a human researcher or designer gets involved?

The latest version separates browser-agent/task-completion infrastructure from UX diagnosis, includes skeptical evidence like first-click misalignment and synthetic-participant critiques, and keeps human review/handoff as a first-class part of the landscape.

https://mphaxise.github.io/ai-agent-ux-research-platform/

Original Post:

AI agents are starting to build software faster than our ability to judge whether that software is actually worth shipping.

There is already a lot of infrastructure forming around browser QA, task completion, screenshots, test runs, and evals. My guess is that much of this becomes standard infrastructure.

But shipping is not the same as completing a task.

A product can pass a browser test and still confuse users, create mistrust, miss the real need, or solve the wrong problem.

I’ve been mapping the emerging AI agent UX research landscape: products, workflows, papers, benchmarks, and experimental approaches focused on how agents validate what they build.

The current map tracks:

- synthetic UX research and AI user testing

- browser-agent evaluation infrastructure

- human review and handoff patterns

- launch readiness and trust signals

- agent UX observability

- emerging papers and benchmarks

My working thesis:

Browser QA is becoming infrastructure. The next gap is calibrated UX diagnosis.

Agents need to know what failed, why it matters, how confident the system is, what should be fixed, and when human validation is required.

This is still early and messy, but I’m planning to keep updating the map monthly as the space evolves.

Curious what people here think:

- Are there tools, papers, or workflows I should add?

- Are “synthetic users” actually useful in your experience, or mostly noise?

- Where do you see the biggest gap between task completion and real usability?

Trying to build a better understanding on TCG games and their UX design.

First article is about Yu-Gi-Oh! which, I mean, how couldn't I start with the massive wall of text on the cards.

Let me know what you all think, and whether or not TCG's can have general better UX Design

Built a landing page for a self-reflection app I made solo. My worry is that it explains \*why\* the app exists but not clearly enough \*what it actually does\* — curious if that lands for fresh eyes.

https://www.themindmirror.me

A few specific things I’d love feedback on:

1.First 5 seconds — before scrolling, do you know what this app does and who it’s for? Or do you have to read to figure it out?

2.Trust— it asks people to share personal thoughts, so privacy matters. Does the page make you feel it’s safe, or does anything feel off / make you hesitate?

3.The signup button— at the point you’d decide whether to click, do you have enough to say yes? What’s missing?

Brutal honesty is more useful to me than encouragement — tell me where you bounced.

Thank you!

Think Emily Charlton from The Devil Wears Prada.

Someone who remembers everything, thinks 3 steps ahead, anticipates problems before they happen, and quietly keeps your life running.

What’s the first thing you’d hand over to them?

Just started a new job in ui/ux and i studied graphic design. Just wondering how important people think it is for me to know coding / web dev?

I feel I’ll learn some with the job, but just wondering how many people went into the career no coding knowledge at all OR in the other hand no graphic design knowledge?