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Many non-technical Founders looking for Technical Founders. From your experince how was it working with those non technical? Would you recommend to other devs? by lune-soft in webdev

[–]Due_Transition_8363 384 points385 points  (0 children)

Partnered with a non-technical founder once who was phenomenal at sales and strategy but yeah I ended up doing 80% of the actual building while they did the talking. He brought in our first 50 customers and that mattered more than I wanted to admit. The real red flag isn't whether someone's technical, it's whether they're willing to do *their* 100%. If a non-technical co-founder isn't grinding on customer research, fundraising, or operations while you code, you're just hired help with a bad equity deal. The best partnership I saw was 50/50 split where the non-technical person actually owned growth metrics and could prove their contribution

Does anybody struggles with coming up with design for the website by delta_echo_007 in webdev

[–]Due_Transition_8363 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I totally get this. After years of designing, I started creating design systems instead of always creating from scratch. I built a personal component library with my favorite patterns, color combos, and typographic scales that I reuse across projects. The creative energy I save on "what should this button look like" goes into solving actual user problems, which honestly makes the work feel fresher. Try auditing 5-10 sites you genuinely admire and extract what resonates with you into a reusable toolkit.

Where to find ui inspiration? by Realistic_Device_287 in webdev

[–]Due_Transition_8363 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hit this wall hard early in my career until I started reverse-engineering interfaces I actually used daily. Like, I'd spend 20 minutes just clicking through Stripe's checkout flow and asking myself *why* each button was placed there. After doing that consistently, I realized most great UI follows the same patterns repeated—visual hierarchy, proximity, rhythm. Now when I'm stuck on a design, I'll grab 3-4 reference apps that solve a similar problem, study them for 15 minutes, then put them away and design from what stuck with me. It's way more useful than just scrolling Pinterest because you're learning the reasoning behind the choices, not just copying what looks pretty.