Journal topic
From Busted Minds
Organization notes, product thinking, and the ideas behind the collective.
6 articles
What “user-first” means in practice
A principle only matters when it changes a product decision. Here are the tests we use when convenience, growth, and the person using the product pull in different directions.
Chess deserves better than an engagement machine
The strongest chess product does not squeeze anxiety into a streak. It gives players a clearer relationship with improvement, competition, and the game itself.
Search should send you somewhere
The purpose of search is not to hold the user inside a results page. It is to create a trustworthy route from a question to the wider web.
Good AI should make itself less necessary
A thinking partner should increase your capability, not quietly replace your judgment. The difference is the foundation of a healthier AI product.
One account, not one dossier
A shared sign-in can remove needless friction without turning every click, query, game, and idea into a single behavioural profile.
Why Busted Minds exists
The long route from a university blog and a Discord server to a technology organization with a clear purpose.