<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Ilias Bikbulatov — Notes</title><description>Writing on product design, fintech UX, and design systems by Ilias Bikbulatov.</description><link>https://0r8it.com/</link><language>en-us</language><atom:link href="https://0r8it.com/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><atom:link href="https://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" rel="hub"/><image><url>https://0r8it.com/favicon/apple-touch-icon.png</url><title>Ilias Bikbulatov — Notes</title><link>https://0r8it.com</link></image><item><title>SaaS Discovery Needs Product Memory</title><link>https://0r8it.com/blog/saas-discovery-product-memory/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://0r8it.com/blog/saas-discovery-product-memory/</guid><description>SaaS discovery only compounds when teams keep product memory. Tie evidence to decisions, owners, and outcomes so learning survives roadmap churn.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>saas</category><category>product-management</category><category>discovery</category><category>research</category><category>product-ops</category><author>Ilias Bikbulatov</author><enclosure url="https://0r8it.com/images/posts/saas-discovery-product-memory/cover.png" length="254411" type="image/png"/></item><item><title>Product Pages Are Decision Infrastructure</title><link>https://0r8it.com/blog/ecommerce-product-page-decision-infrastructure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://0r8it.com/blog/ecommerce-product-page-decision-infrastructure/</guid><description>Ecommerce product pages are decision infrastructure, not templates. Map buyer uncertainty to evidence, manage data, measure decision quality.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>ecommerce</category><category>pdp</category><category>ux</category><category>conversion</category><category>product-data</category><author>Ilias Bikbulatov</author><enclosure url="https://0r8it.com/images/posts/ecommerce-product-page-decision-infrastructure/cover.png" length="159512" type="image/png"/></item><item><title>Visibility Starts Before the Answer</title><link>https://0r8it.com/blog/answer-engine-visibility-audience-evidence/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://0r8it.com/blog/answer-engine-visibility-audience-evidence/</guid><description>Answer-engine visibility is not a keyword problem. It is an audience-evidence problem. Map decisions and proof first, then measure citations.</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>aeo</category><category>geo</category><category>search</category><category>audience-research</category><category>content-strategy</category><author>Ilias Bikbulatov</author><enclosure url="https://0r8it.com/images/posts/answer-engine-visibility-audience-evidence/cover.png" length="118543" type="image/png"/></item><item><title>Performance Debt Is a Product Decision</title><link>https://0r8it.com/blog/performance-debt-product-decision/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://0r8it.com/blog/performance-debt-product-decision/</guid><description>Frontend performance debt is product debt. Decide which journeys are critical, set budgets, watch field metrics, own retirement before debt compounds.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>performance</category><category>web-vitals</category><category>frontend</category><category>product-strategy</category><category>rum</category><author>Ilias Bikbulatov</author><enclosure url="https://0r8it.com/images/posts/performance-debt-product-decision/cover.png" length="142867" type="image/png"/></item><item><title>AI UX Needs an Evidence Loop</title><link>https://0r8it.com/blog/ai-ux-evidence-loop/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://0r8it.com/blog/ai-ux-evidence-loop/</guid><description>AI UX needs an evidence loop: set expectations, support correction, evaluate failures, monitor behavior, feed learning back into the product.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>ai</category><category>ux</category><category>ai-ux</category><category>evaluation</category><category>agents</category><author>Ilias Bikbulatov</author><enclosure url="https://0r8it.com/images/posts/ai-ux-evidence-loop/cover.png" length="138548" type="image/png"/></item><item><title>Accessibility Is Product Infrastructure, Not a Release Checklist</title><link>https://0r8it.com/blog/accessibility-product-infrastructure/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://0r8it.com/blog/accessibility-product-infrastructure/</guid><description>Accessibility is product infrastructure, not a release checklist. Move repeat decisions into tokens, components, and acceptance criteria.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>accessibility</category><category>design-systems</category><category>wcag</category><category>components</category><category>ux</category><author>Ilias Bikbulatov</author><enclosure url="https://0r8it.com/images/posts/accessibility-product-infrastructure/cover.png" length="137365" type="image/png"/></item><item><title>Fintech Onboarding Has Become a Trust Interface</title><link>https://0r8it.com/blog/fintech-onboarding-trust-interface/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://0r8it.com/blog/fintech-onboarding-trust-interface/</guid><description>Fintech onboarding is the first trust contract. Required friction can build confidence; avoidable friction leaks it. Aim for legible, not frictionless.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>onboarding</category><category>kyc</category><category>trust</category><category>compliance</category><category>ux</category><author>Ilias Bikbulatov</author><enclosure url="https://0r8it.com/images/posts/fintech-onboarding-trust-interface/cover.png" length="220530" type="image/png"/></item><item><title>Cognitive Accessibility in the Conversational Interface Era</title><link>https://0r8it.com/blog/cognitive-accessibility-in-the-conversational-interface-era/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://0r8it.com/blog/cognitive-accessibility-in-the-conversational-interface-era/</guid><description>W3C&apos;s March 2026 drafts redefine inclusive design for AI, targeting dark patterns and cognitive load in conversational interfaces.</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Design</category><category>Accessibility</category><category>Conversational UX</category><category>AI</category><author>Ilias Bikbulatov</author><enclosure url="https://0r8it.com/images/posts/cognitive-accessibility-in-the-conversational-interface-era/cover.png" length="215964" type="image/png"/></item><item><title>The Agentic Benchmark: Why Your API is the New UX</title><link>https://0r8it.com/blog/the-agentic-benchmark-why-your-api-is-the-new-ux/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://0r8it.com/blog/the-agentic-benchmark-why-your-api-is-the-new-ux/</guid><description>As AI shifts from content generation to autonomous execution, Stripe and Anthropic prove &quot;integratability&quot; is the new product-design frontier.</description><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>AI Agents</category><category>API Design</category><category>Product Strategy</category><author>Ilias Bikbulatov</author><enclosure url="https://0r8it.com/images/posts/the-agentic-benchmark-why-your-api-is-the-new-ux/cover.png" length="139033" type="image/png"/></item><item><title>The End of Handoff: Prototypes as Thinking Partners</title><link>https://0r8it.com/blog/the-end-of-handoff-prototypes-as-thinking-partners/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://0r8it.com/blog/the-end-of-handoff-prototypes-as-thinking-partners/</guid><description>Design tools are evolving from static canvases to context engines. 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