--- title: Medium | daily.dev description: A common belief in design teams holds that top designers never lower their standards. This piece challenges that notion, arguing the real skill is knowing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/medium-huuguothk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Medium | daily.dev og:description: A common belief in design teams holds that top designers never lower their standards. This piece challenges that notion, arguing the real skill is knowing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/medium-huuguothk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hUUgUoTHK.png og:image:alt: Medium og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Medium **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A common belief in design teams holds that top designers never lower their standards. This piece challenges that notion, arguing the real skill is knowing which standards to protect and which to let go under pressure. Non-negotiables in UX should be honesty, clarity, and user trust — not visual polish or exhaustive exploration. The author distinguishes between lowering care and focusing care, and warns that perfectionism can be a form of ego protection rather than genuine quality. Sustainable design means being precise about what a given moment actually requires, not applying maximum effort to everything equally. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Working with Designers](https://daily.dev/posts/working-with-designers-9octux4z4) · Josh Hornby · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The hard things about design](https://daily.dev/posts/the-hard-things-about-design-okmxass8j) · Hardik Pandya · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ux](https://daily.dev/tags/ux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/medium-huuguothk) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Medium","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/medium-huuguothk","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/medium-huuguothk"},"datePublished":"2026-07-25T19:31:20.867Z","dateModified":"2026-07-25T19:31:43.920Z","description":"A common belief in design teams holds that top designers never lower their standards. This piece challenges that notion, arguing the real skill is knowing...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/72a04f14730ae2330e0d998a087b114c?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/72a04f14730ae2330e0d998a087b114c?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Medium","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Medium","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/medium","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/medium-huuguothk","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ux","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Medium","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Medium"}]} ```