Onboarding articles and design guides

First runs make or break retention, and most onboarding flows try to do too much. The writing collected here is about restraint: progressive disclosure, empty states that teach, tooltips that don't nag, and the difference between showing value and dumping a feature tour. We look at activation metrics, the aha moment, and why skippable is almost always kinder than mandatory. Written for product designers and PMs who own that fragile stretch between signup and habit. Get someone to their first win fast, and you've earned the right to explain the rest later.