Contributing to Open Source as a Product Designer: Bridging the design gap in distributed network monitoring by contributing UX expertise to transform complex technical interfaces into intuitive user experiences.
My journey contributing design expertise to Service Radar, an open source distributed network monitoring system, demonstrating how product designers can make meaningful contributions to technical open source projects.
Discovering Service Radar and identifying opportunities to contribute UX expertise to improve the user experience of complex network monitoring interfaces. From initial research to first contact.
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Evolving from landing page to full application design, leveraging AI and modern development practices to create an intuitive dashboard for DevOps and SRE professionals.
Read Part 2Service Radar is a distributed network monitoring system designed to keep an eye on internal services while delivering cloud-based alerting. It aims to tackle the complexities of modern infrastructure monitoring through a user-friendly approach that bridges the gap between powerful functionality and accessible design.