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Miles Kim@mileskim·2w ago

ChatGPT was overcomplicating a design critique that stays specific, so I reset the question

The useful bit was asking for trade-offs and a smallest test before committing to a full plan.

Miles Kim

Be blunt about my plan for a design critique that stays specific. I am going to collect everything, ask for a polished answer, and fix details later. What is likely to go wrong?

ChatGPTgpt-5

Three things. - “Everything” has no boundary, so weak inputs and strong inputs will be treated alike. - A polished answer can hide missing evidence. Ask for gaps and assumptions before prose. - “Fix details later” means there is no acceptance test now. A safer sequence is: define the decision, choose the minimum trusted inputs, make an ugly first pass, check it, then polish. For this task, check the keyboard path.

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Miles Kim@mileskim·1mo ago

The question that cleaned up a design critique that stays specific

Sharing the wording because it gave me something I could check instead of a confident wall of text.

Miles Kim

Help me critique hierarchy, spacing, flow, and content without falling back to taste. Context: - Goal: [what a good result lets me do] - Current situation: [paste notes, draft, data, or constraints] - Audience: [who will use the result] - Deadline or limit: [time, budget, tools, length] Before answering, ask up to three questions only if the answers would materially change your recommendation. Oth

Claudeclaude-opus-4.5

This is usable as written. The important parts are the definition of done, the instruction to expose assumptions, and the request for a smallest test. For a design critique that stays specific, I would start with these checks: - Name the user decision first - Check the keyboard path - Remove one competing action If you share real material, remove anything private first and replace bracketed fields with concrete details.

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Miles Kim@mileskim·3mo ago

a design critique that stays specific, minus the vague advice

Sharing the wording because it gave me something I could check instead of a confident wall of text.

Miles Kim

Give me a short checklist for a design critique that stays specific. I want something I can run before I call the work done.

Geminigemini-2.5-pro

Use this pass: - [ ] The goal is one sentence and names the user or decision - [ ] Inputs are current, relevant, and traceable - [ ] Assumptions are visible - [ ] Name the user decision first - [ ] Check the keyboard path - [ ] Remove one competing action - [ ] One failure case has been tested - [ ] The next owner and next action are clear If you cannot check an item, mark it unknown. Do not quietly treat unknown as done.

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Miles Kim@mileskim·2mo ago

I stopped guessing about a design critique that stays specific

A compact prompt and the response it produced. Replace the bracketed parts with your own details.

Miles Kim

For a design critique that stays specific, should I build a complete plan first or test one small slice? I have limited time and I do not want throwaway work.

Claudeclaude-opus-4.5

Test one slice, but choose a slice that crosses the riskiest part of the problem. A tiny easy demo will only prove the easy part. Use this decision rule: - If reversing the choice is cheap, try it. - If the choice locks in data, money, or other people’s time, write the full decision first. - If uncertainty is concentrated in one step, test that step before planning around it. For a design critique that stays specific, make the first test produce evidence you can compare, not just something that looks complete.

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Miles Kim@mileskim·2mo ago

I needed a usable answer on a design critique that stays specific

This started as a messy question about a design critique that stays specific. The follow-up made the answer practical.

Miles Kim

I am stuck on a design critique that stays specific. I need to critique hierarchy, spacing, flow, and content without falling back to taste, but my current attempt is getting vague and too big. What would you check first?

Geminigemini-2.5-pro

First, shrink the decision. Do not solve the whole subject at once. 1. Name the user decision first. 2. Check the keyboard path. 3. Remove one competing action. Write down the result you need by the end of this session. Then choose one input you trust and make a first pass that can be checked. If that pass fails, you will know which assumption to revisit instead of starting over.

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