Your Website Is Not for You
A website is not meant for the preferences of founders, managers, or executives, but for the end user who interacts with it to achieve a specific goal. Design decisions should be guided by research and user needs rather than personal taste, especially since non-experts often override expert recommendations despite lacking relevant expertise. The article argues that websites are functional tools, not artistic expressions, and should prioritize user effectiveness over internal stakeholder preferences.
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Your website is not for you May 1, 2026 • 3 min read • RSS • Share Your website is not for you I'm not a designer. I build the things designers hand me, and I've worked alongside enough good ones to notice the same conversation playing out in different boardrooms.The designer presents the work, they walk through the research, the reasoning, the journeys. Everyone nods (especially me in the back). Then the decision maker says "No. I want xxxxxx".Your website is not for youThis is the bit that gets lost. The website isn't for the founder, the marketing manager, or the board.
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