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Chrys Bader

What would Secret look like in 2024? Meet Speakeasy.

Secret launched 10 years ago, today. Spekeasy is a fresh take and homage to the original, for the tech community.

Jan 30

What would Secret look like in 2024? Meet Speakeasy.

Jan 30

Chrys Bader

Clubhouse is Gasping for Air with Chats — what happened?

Yesterday, Clubhouse announced a bold pivot away from live voice rooms and into asynchronous voice messages called Chats.

Sep 8, 2023

Clubhouse is Gasping for Air with Chats — what happened?

Sep 8, 2023

Chrys Bader

A Perfectionist’s Guide to Clicking Send

In January 2014, I channeled my creative life force into launching a new app. Three months later, 250K people were signing up every day…

Feb 21, 2023

A Perfectionist’s Guide to Clicking Send

Feb 21, 2023

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in
Better Programming

SwiftUI in 2021: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

SwiftUI in production? Still a no-go

Aug 10, 2021

SwiftUI in 2021: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Aug 10, 2021

Chrys Bader

HyperCard and what it means for the future of No-Code

In 1987, while Steve Jobs was building NeXT, Bill Atkinson was building HyperCard at Apple. Bill, inventor of the double-click, was a…

Aug 3, 2021

HyperCard and what it means for the future of No-Code

Aug 3, 2021

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UX Collective

The delicate dance of delight

“Delight” is a word that we hear a lot in product design. Everybody wants to “delight” their users. But, what does it even mean, and how…

Dec 13, 2019

The delicate dance of delight

Dec 13, 2019

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The Startup

Simplifying Simplicity

Where does that simplicity come from? How is it achieved? How is it mastered?

May 22, 2019

Simplifying Simplicity

May 22, 2019

Chrys Bader

The Musical Journey That Lead Me To Join Splice

On December 4th, I joined Splice as Director of Product. I want to share the story of how I got here and why I believe Splice will become…

Apr 16, 2018

The Musical Journey That Lead Me To Join Splice

Apr 16, 2018

Chrys Bader

Product Designers: Artists of the Intangible

I spend a good amount of time advising people on product design. I define product design as the empathic decision-making process from the…

Feb 2, 2016

Feb 2, 2016

Chrys Bader

Why We’re Stuck In An Abusive Relationship With Our Phones

You wake up in the morning and fumble around your bed to find your phone, cursing yourself because you forgot to plug it in. Thankfully, it…

Dec 15, 2015

Dec 15, 2015

Chrys Bader

Chrys Bader

I write about product development and personal growth. Former co-founder of Secret. Product at Splice, Google & YouTube. YCombinator alumni.

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