Chris Kernaghan

Chris is a UX Designer with over 10 years of exp. He's worked with businesses small, large, and everything in between. He's passionate about putting people first through user-centered design.

216 Articles

Design Services

Penpot: The Open Source Design Rebel Taking On Figma

Penpot grew via open source, community feedback, funding, and self-hosting

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By Chris Kernaghan Apr 29, 2025 5 min read

Perplexity AI: The "Answer Engine" Challenging the Search Giants

Cited answers, AI hype, and freemium fueled Perplexity's rapid growth

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By Chris Kernaghan Apr 29, 2025 5 min read

Texting Their Way to $1.5K/Mo - receipt-ai.com

Founders simplified receipt tracking using AI and simple SMS texting

By Chris Kernaghan Apr 23, 2025 4 min read

How SaaS Founders Are Using Subtle to Find Customers on Reddit

Track Reddit leads automatically and engage where customers already talk

By Chris Kernaghan Apr 19, 2025 2 min read

OpenAI Drops GPT-4.1, Mini, and Nano—Built for Dev Speed

OpenAI launches faster, cheaper GPT-4.1 models for developers

By Chris Kernaghan Apr 15, 2025 1 min read

Marketing

Smartlead: Automating Cold Email Without Nuking Your Domain

Cold emailing has never been smarter

By Chris Kernaghan Apr 14, 2025 2 min read

Physical

KeepMyHomeIP: Staying “at home” when you’re halfway across the world

From one digital nomad’s workaround to a worldwide remote work solution

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By Chris Kernaghan Apr 9, 2025 3 min read

From $250k ARR to Zero: Why Marblism Killed its Hit AI Product to Chase a Bigger Vision

Ulric Musset pivoted Marblism to AI employees after misjudging their users

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By Chris Kernaghan Apr 6, 2025 4 min read

e-commerce

Flipkart: From ₹400,000 Startup to $35 Billion Giant

Apartment start, local solutions, strategic growth, massive e-commerce success

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By Chris Kernaghan Apr 3, 2025 4 min read

Marketing

SaaS Directories and Websites

There's more to life than Product Hunt

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By Chris Kernaghan Apr 1, 2025

SEO

SEO Arcade: Turning Frustration into a SaaS Business

Born from frustration, built for speed: SEO Arcade simplifies SEO

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By Chris Kernaghan Mar 31, 2025 3 min read

Ghibli Goes Startup: What Founders Can Learn From a Viral AI Trend

People don’t just want tools. They want toys

By Chris Kernaghan Mar 30, 2025 2 min read