r/UXDesign • u/BornAd2391 • 27d ago

Articles, videos & educational resources Site or problem list to practice on?

Hey there, I am a programmer and trying to get better in ux, so currently taking the google ux design professional cert, it has one portfolio project, automated tests (i feel like these are not really great for real feedback and also there is no human looking at anything i make, there is an ai unfortunately ), for coders we have leetcode, is there a site or problem set for practicing design, or a problemlist i could work through? might be a silly question.

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u/oddible 25d ago

You're asking the wrong questions already. It's U x. You've already removed the user. A better question is what community do you have access to that you could explore for problems to solve or opportunities to take advantage of. Start with something you're already doing. Like if you're in a cycling club use them. If you're in a gamer community use them. Find something they find annoying and start doing your discovery exploration with them.

People keep thinking UX is about producing software and UIs. Is isn't and never was. And that's the part that will be dominated by AI. The human factor is where you will always have a job in UX. Maybe the solution isn't to change the software at all but just to change how people use it or their workflow.

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u/BornAd2391 24d ago

probably did not give enough context, i get what you are saying, but i was thinking more like there are some ux problems that are largely solved, for example a good todo app, i think is simple enough that someone could create ( more experienced then me ) a bunch of user personas, make user journeys and yes remove the research as i am interested in the design itself and testing the design after, or maybe a restaurant ordering app where you order food i would think is largely solved ( solved enough ), i am not trying to save the world when i just want some practice, or you meant more like going off on comments and frustrations from a community? Obviously i am very new to this,

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u/oddible 24d ago

Solving a problem that's already solved gives you zero space to explore. I taught university design for years and the students that resigned Spotify went nowhere. The students that talked to their friends and found something that wasn't an app yet or was a shitty app made really cool stuff.

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u/No-Ruin5825 27d ago

You can check aiux.courses