u/kaboom-o

Image 1 — Built a unified generative workspace because my AI workflow became complete chaos
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Built a unified generative workspace because my AI workflow became complete chaos

Over the last year my creative workflow slowly turned into complete AI chaos.

Different subscriptions.
Different interfaces.
Different chat histories.
Different image tools.
Different models for different tasks.
Tabs everywhere.

And the weird part is:
none of the tools were actually bad.

They were just disconnected.

So I started building OneOver:
https://oneover.com

The idea was to create a unified generative workspace where you can move between the world’s leading AI systems while keeping your projects, conversations, and creative context intact.

A few things I became obsessed with while designing it:

  • making powerful tools feel calm
  • preserving creative flow
  • balancing flexibility with simplicity
  • making multi-model workflows feel cohesive instead of fragmented
  • Taking privacy back from the big guys

The funny thing is I originally thought I was building around AI models.

What I ended up caring about most was the experience surrounding them.

Would genuinely love thoughts from other web/UI/product people here because this entire category still feels like it’s inventing itself in real time.

u/kaboom-o — 17 hours ago
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I designed a unified workspace for AI tools because the current workflow feels fragmented and exhausting

I’ve spent the last year building a project called OneOver, and one of the biggest design goals had very little to do with AI itself.

It was about reducing workflow fragmentation.

After using these tools heavily for creative work, I realized the actual friction wasn’t necessarily output quality anymore — it was the experience surrounding the tools:

  • disconnected conversations
  • too many subscriptions
  • constantly rebuilding context
  • different UX patterns between platforms
  • scattered project history
  • jumping between tabs/tools/models

So the design challenge became:
what would it feel like if all of these systems existed inside a calmer, more cohesive creative workspace?

A lot of the interface decisions came from trying to make AI interactions feel less like isolated chatbot sessions and more like a persistent creative environment:

  • organized projects instead of just disposable chats
  • seamless movement between models
  • unified credits instead of token math everywhere
  • visual consistency across very different AI systems
  • reducing cognitive overload while still exposing powerful tools

The product currently combines multiple language, image, and video models into one workspace, but honestly the interface/workflow design became more interesting to me than the underlying AI itself.

Would genuinely love design feedback specifically around:

  • onboarding clarity
  • workflow organization
  • reducing overwhelm
  • balancing power vs simplicity
  • whether this feels like a “creative tool” vs another AI dashboard

Site is:
oneover.com

Would especially love thoughts from people working in product, UX, systems, or creative tooling.

u/kaboom-o — 5 hours ago
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think AI tools are accidentally creating terrible UX patterns for creative work

After spending a lot of time working with modern AI tools, I’ve started feeling like the actual UX problem is no longer the AI itself — it’s workflow fragmentation.

Most creative workflows now involve:

  • multiple models
  • multiple interfaces
  • different interaction patterns
  • disconnected project history
  • tabs everywhere
  • rebuilding context constantly

Ironically, tools designed to increase creative speed sometimes end up creating cognitive overload instead.

I’ve become really interested in questions like:

  • What should persistent creative context look like?
  • Should AI interactions feel more like “projects” than chats?
  • How much complexity should be exposed to users?
  • Is the future one interface or many specialized ones?
  • How do you reduce overwhelm without hiding capability?

Curious how other designers here are thinking about AI workflow UX right now, especially people working in product systems, creative tooling, or interaction design.

Feels like we’re collectively inventing UX patterns for an entirely new category in real time.

Thanks nerds!

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u/kaboom-o — 6 days ago
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AI accelerated my design workflow… then slowly made it more chaotic

I think one of the strangest things happening in design right now is that AI tools are simultaneously speeding up creative exploration while also making the overall workflow more chaotic.

At first I thought the biggest question was:
“Which AI model is best?”

But after using these systems heavily for concepting, writing, visual ideation, references, moodboards, image generation, etc… I realized the bigger issue became workflow fragmentation.

Different models are weirdly good at different things:

  • some are better at structured thinking
  • some at writing
  • some at visual exploration
  • some at fast ideation

But constantly jumping between tools started breaking creative flow for me more than helping it.

The context switching became exhausting:
tabs everywhere, disconnected project history, rebuilding prompts, losing references, re-uploading files.

What I actually wanted wasn’t “better AI.”
I wanted a calmer creative environment around the AI.

Curious how other designers are feeling about this now that these tools are becoming part of everyday workflow instead of novelty tools.

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u/kaboom-o — 6 days ago