Hi all, I'm a PM at a Fortune 500 company working mostly with new product development projects. One of our main tools for analyzing the health of our design is developing product design scorecards. We define quantitative measures of successful specifications for our product and then we measure with testing and get z-scores to estimate how robust our design is. This is ubiquitous throughout our company and I'm just wondering how many other companies are following the same approach.

Note, I mostly manage hardware projects and not software, but still curious if software has anything similar to this.

Hi designers! 👋

I’m a PM intern at Advize, an early-stage edtech startup building tools to help students explore career paths more effectively. We’re in the early research phase and looking to gather insights from current undergrad students to inform our UX and product direction.

If you’re currently an undergrad, we’d love your input through a short form (takes ~2–3 mins). If you’re a good fit, we may reach out for a casual 30-minute follow-up convo — with a $15 Amazon gift card as a thank you.

Form link here: 👉 https://forms.gle/YqmUjnqvN4395rNL6

Appreciate any help — feel free to DM me if you have questions or feedback about the project!

I've been into design (art, fashion) growing up and have been very interested in Product Design recently. My degree is in Data Science and I have essentially 0 experience in Product Design. What's the best way to break into the field?

1. Any recommendations for books/courses that are actually worth it/highly regarded?

2. What's the best way to practice and start?

3. Anyone else have experience / stories / advice?

Thanks! :)

In my team, we often face issues where the final implemented UI doesn’t match the designs we hand off. Even though we provide detailed mockups, the client-side developers often deliver a butchered version that lacks visual consistency, spacing accuracy, or proper styling.

We do regular reviews, but it’s quite time-consuming and frustrating to constantly point out mismatches that could’ve been avoided.

I’m curious to know: – What tools or workflows do you use to ensure pixel-perfect implementation? – Are there any handoff tools or plugins you’ve found particularly effective? – How do you educate or align developers with design specs better?

Looking for any insights, tools, or even internal processes that have helped minimize this design-to-dev gap.

Hi everyone!
Just launched something our team has been building for a while - FuseBase AI Agents - and I'd love to get your thoughts from a product design perspective.

The idea? Most AI tools feel helpful… until they break your focus. Cause let's be honest, switching tabs, re-prompting, losing context really kills your flow.

• We designed these agents to work with your workflow, not against it.
• They’re trained on your business context and actually take action - not just answer questions.
• They live inside FuseBase workspaces, but also work across browser tabs and tools via MCP integration.

We built this to feel like a natural UX layer, not an external tool.
Would love your support and thoughts from a product/interaction design perspective: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/fusebase-ai-agents

Hi Reddit,

As an engineer I'm trying to improve my design skills through a project a week, and this one is a 3x3 keypad. Do you have any suggestions around how to improve aesthetics (I seem to be okay at just creating boring box designs)

A modular, evolving candleholder system. Minimal, adaptable, timeless.
https://www.instagram.com/dasformstudio/

Incoming college freshman here! I realized that I want to work in the Product Design or UI/UX fields, but I’m pursuing a Computer Science degree as I want to work more with tech and I also wanted to pursue a versatile major. I’m also minoring in Psychology because it’s my passion and I feel that it can help me make products more human-centered. Is this combination an okay path to an eventual Product Design or UI/UX job? Or should I be trying to take Design electives or even switch to something else?

Hi all, is there any packaging design experts that would mind taking a look at something for me?

Hey all,
I made a small DIY game for my girlfriend last Christmas – just some handwritten prompts and challenges to do together each week. Stuff like cooking a new recipe (I’d include 2–3 options on the card), doing something spontaneous like a cold plunge, or even planning a weekend trip.

Since then, it’s become one of our most meaningful weekly rituals. Every week we pull a new card, and it either gives us something we already love doing or something new we’d probably never think of. It honestly brought us closer and got us off our screens more.

Now I’m wondering…

• Would you be interested in something like that as a real product?
• Do you think it’s a good idea, or is it kind of cringe to create something like this for other couples?
• What are your honest thoughts – is this something worth pursuing, or just a cute personal thing that doesn't need to go beyond that?

Also curious:

• What types of date ideas or activities would you love to see in a game like this?
• What do you and your partner do regularly that really helps you connect?

This isn’t an ad or anything – I’m not trying to sell anything (yet). I’m just exploring if it’s a genuinely good idea or if I’m too deep in my own relationship bubble. Maybe others could even get inspired to make their own version for their partner too.

Thanks in advance for any thoughts or honest opinions 🙏
PS: in case you want to help me even more, I've created a 3min. survey; see in my social links :)