Product designer,

Nora Weiss

I design interfaces for developer tools — the kind where the hard part is what you leave out. Case studies below, and the tools I actually keep installed.

Product designer

Selected work

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Redesigning a CLI onboarding flowPinnedCut first-run setup from nine steps to three. What we removed and why.A design system for terminal outputColour, spacing and error grammar for a tool with no pixels.Dashboards nobody asked forOn resisting the request for one more chart.Docs as a design surfaceTreating documentation structure as an interface problem.Empty states are the interfaceThe screen most users meet first, designed last.

Working together

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Available for contract workPinnedTwo-week design sprints, or ongoing part-time.Rate sheetDay rate, sprint pricing, and what is included.How I run a design sprintThe shape of the two weeks, so you know what you are buying.

Tools I keep installed

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FigmaWhere everything starts and most of it stays.FramerFor prototypes that need to feel real, not look real.ExcalidrawHand-drawn diagrams that never feel too precious to change.Phosphor IconsSix weights, consistent grid, no personality problems.LucideThe icon set for when the client already uses it.Radix PrimitivesAccessibility handled so the design work stays design work.OKLCH PickerColour in a space where lightness actually means something.Realtime ColorsA palette on a real layout before committing to it.FontsourceSelf-host any open font without the third-party request.

On the shelf

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Practical TypographyThe book I make every new team read first.Laws of UXThe heuristics, named, so reviews argue about the work instead.Refactoring UIFor engineers who want the shortcuts. They work.The Shape of DesignWhy, not how. Free to read online.

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