I keep building UIs that are too complicated, and the data keeps telling me the same thing: people just want to type what they want and get an answer.
Agents and chat UIs are having a moment right now, and the lesson I take from building with LLMs is painfully simple. Ship the conversation first. Layer on structure where it actually helps. Not before.
Most products over-design the first interaction. Dashboards, tabs, settings panels. Then they wonder why nobody sticks around. The breakthrough is letting people type what they want, parsing it, and responding. That's it.
At Tilt I see the same thing with debate topics. The best engagement comes from low-friction entry. One question. One opinion. That's the hook. Complexity earns its place later. Simplicity earns attention now.
I keep relearning this every time I over-engineer something. The data doesn't lie.