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CurrentlyProduct Designer

Bhuvan Ade.
Design & code for those
who refuse to settle.

The long way here

A career grown one role at a time

Selected work across product, brand, and open source — plotted against the years. Pick a role to read the full story.

Career Journey
Selected role · 01 / 07
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Founding Designer — Aurora AI

Full-time • Apr 2026 — Present

Leading the 0-to-1 design of Aurora AI, a B2C AI product — end-to-end execution with a design-to-dev handoff tuned to ship faster.

What I worked on
  • Led 0-to-1 design of Aurora AI, a B2C AI product, and its end-to-end execution — streamlining the design-to-dev handoff to cut turnaround time by ~50%.
  • Personally drove the majority of frontend fixes and refinements, raising the overall quality and polish of the shipped product.
01 / 07

Projects

Things I’ve built

Basework AI

2025
Spots UX anomaliesSurfaces the friction in your product before your users do.
Validates utilityRuns UX research and product testing so you ship real value.
Cuts churnTurns vibe-coded prototypes into products people keep.

IRCTC — Reimagined

2024
Booking, rebuiltFrom search to seat in a fraction of the taps.
Clear at a glanceFares, classes, and availability without the clutter.
Mobile-firstTuned for thumbs, signal drops, and the daily commute.

Do Nothing · YC

2025
Local-firstRuns on your machine, no server or connection required.
InstantZero spinners — every interaction lands immediately.
Quietly powerfulDoes the hard thing so you can do nothing.

Writing

Case studies & essays

The Art of Deception Dark Patterns in User Interfaces

Case Study · I
by Bhuvan2024
Click to read (I)

Flipkart APM Shorlisted Case Study

Case Study · II
by Bhuvan2025
Click to read (II)

Audiobook and Podcasting App - UX

Case Study · III
by Bhuvan2024
Click to read (III)

Selected work

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