Cutesy animations and custom transitions are nice, but know that you are designing them mostly for someone’s ego (your own and/or your client’s), not for the success of the business.

Around this time last year, I met flinc founder and Head of Product Michael Hübl for lunch. flinc is on a mission to enable mobility through better utilization of existing resources, and at the time they were finalizing a funding round with GM and DB for building out their app for sharing shorter-distance rides.

Or: The Epic Saga of Shipping an Update to a Legacy App Largely Untouched Since 2012.

After a few “journeyman years” in New York and Stockholm, life has brought me back to Frankfurt, where my journey began.

For a while now, I’ve been living in Sweden’s capital. A planned visit of three months enticed me to stay for longer. So why sacrifice ramen at Ganso, tropical temperatures, or good and affordable German beer – for messmör, cold dark winters, and Systembolaget?