Archive - Builders

Your AI Is too smart for normal people ☠️

Why investing in your UX is the only way to help your product cross the chasm

Apr 3 •

Nickey Skarstad

March 2025

If NOT friend, why friend shaped?

The rise of "friend-tech" via the loneliness epidemic

Mar 27 •

Nickey Skarstad

Get in loser, we're going SNARFing!

Stakes, Novelty, Anger, Retention, and Fear - the hidden framework reshaping the products you use everyday

Mar 6 •

Nickey Skarstad

January 2025

December 2024

🔍 Product Review: Libby app

How a free app could save public libraries (and make reading cool again)

Dec 12, 2024 •

Nickey Skarstad

Stop reading business books (sometimes) 📚

The surprising link between reading fiction and innovation

Dec 5, 2024 •

Nickey Skarstad

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November 2024

🔎 Product Review: Yuka mobile app

How "Making America Healthy Again" will create a new category of apps (and make the Yuka app a cash cow)

Nov 26, 2024 •

Nickey Skarstad

The high cost of ignoring your community

Lessons from Poshmark’s fee changes and how to turn community trust into your greatest asset

Nov 21, 2024 •

Nickey Skarstad

Your AI is powerful. But will your mom use it?

Inside the products winning the AI race through brilliant UX

Nov 12, 2024 •

Nickey Skarstad

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Charging your trust battery at work 🔋

The uncomfy truth about why some people get autonomy, cool projects, and promotions (while others don't)

Nov 4, 2024 •

Nickey Skarstad

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