Dekel Nissim — Articles https://dekelnissim.com Articles on Product Design, UX Research, and Building Better Products en Why Does a Familiar Solution Feel So Right? https://dekelnissim.com/articles/why-familiar-solution-feels-right https://dekelnissim.com/articles/why-familiar-solution-feels-right Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT With too little data, a familiar solution can feel right — not because it fits the problem, but because it is easier to process and defend. Don’t confuse familiarity with proof. Making Financial Information Accessible Is a Huge Step Forward. That Is Exactly Why We Need to Be Careful About the Next Step. https://dekelnissim.com/articles/making-financial-information-accessible https://dekelnissim.com/articles/making-financial-information-accessible Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Financial companies are connecting AI to our data so we can ask questions about our money. A big step forward — and exactly why we must not outsource our understanding and decisions to AI. Not Every Slow Process Needs to Be Optimized With AI https://dekelnissim.com/articles/ai-optimizing-slow-processes https://dekelnissim.com/articles/ai-optimizing-slow-processes Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT Not every effort is wasted work. Sometimes the mental process we try to shorten with AI is exactly the part that builds understanding, intuition and expertise. An Assembly Line for Fakes - Have We Lost the Ability to Know What Is Real? https://dekelnissim.com/articles/deepfakes-losing-what-is-real https://dekelnissim.com/articles/deepfakes-losing-what-is-real Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT As deepfakes and synthetic media scale, our ability to tell what is real gets strained — with implications not just for media literacy, but for trust, institutions and a shared reality. A Good Product Is Often the Result of Someone Insisting https://dekelnissim.com/articles/good-product-insisting-on-quality https://dekelnissim.com/articles/good-product-insisting-on-quality Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A good product is often born less from a good idea and more from insisting on good execution despite constraints and compromises. Quality is a business asset, and it comes with a cost. When an Interface Acts Like Someone You Can’t Trust https://dekelnissim.com/articles/interface-trust-broken-verification https://dekelnissim.com/articles/interface-trust-broken-verification Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT A bug is not only a usability problem. When a system sends a verification code and then rejects it, it breaks a small agreement and damages trust. Not Every Product Needs AI. Definitely Not Everywhere. https://dekelnissim.com/articles/not-every-product-needs-ai https://dekelnissim.com/articles/not-every-product-needs-ai Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI is no longer novel enough to be interesting on its own. The question is not whether we added AI, but whether it actually fits the user’s goal or solves a problem that was hard before. There Is a Huge Difference Between Passing Information Along and Building Understanding https://dekelnissim.com/articles/passing-information-vs-building-understanding https://dekelnissim.com/articles/passing-information-vs-building-understanding Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT We overload people with information because it feels reassuring, but too much of it creates confusion. The goal is not to transfer information, but to help the other side build understanding. What Lowers Attention, Increases Anxiety, Causes Fatigue and Drains Us Emotionally? https://dekelnissim.com/articles/social-media-attention-anxiety-fatigue https://dekelnissim.com/articles/social-media-attention-anxiety-fatigue Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT We used to split social media use into active (connection) and passive (comparison, FoMO, alienation). In recent years that distinction has started to feel insufficient.