... were used, which reconnected the team with the simple joy of pen-on-paper writing. This led to the idea for a small refill holder inside the case. The first design was very simple just a pass-through stitched sleeve (the left side in pics above). But holding the sample, the quality didn't feel right, and the exposed pen tip wasn't elegant. The design was then refined with our manufacturing partner to create a version with a fully ...

... quickly discovered a hard truth: none of them were suitable for real commercial photography. Most only worked with womenswear, supported limited angles, and couldn t handle the variety required for actual product imagery. So we rolled up our sleeves and started from scratch. With full data authorization, we trained a custom try-on model based on years of real product images. Our team spent months re-implementing academic papers, overcoming proprietary model limitations, and sleeplessly iterating on training pipelines ...

... started building the app. I approved all the changes (I didn t fully understand what it had done anyway), opened Xcode, and tried to run the app, but the build failed with countless errors I rolled up my sleeves. After a few iterations between Xcode and Cursor, I fixed the issues and finally ran the core app functionality in Xcode Key takeaway: For complex apps that require tools like Xcode or Android Studio, don t let AI generate the entire ...

... hell do you segment your customers in a way that makes sense and doesn t make you want to cry? The internet gave us too much theory, not enough actually useful stuff . So we rolled up our sleeves and made a cheat sheet. Started out ugly. Sticky notes, scattered Miro boards, questionable color schemes. But then we kept going 5 weeks of research 4+ feedback rounds Lots of wait this is kinda working? Eventually, it turned into something that actually ...

... Turns out the answer is, Yes! It s definitely not an easy feat, but if you roll your sleeves up. It s definitely possible ...