Research toolbox

Home
Notes
Archive
About

A Personalized Reading Feed: Small by Design

A Codex skill for getting to a shorter reading list worth your time
READ THE LATEST
The Long Accommodation
How UX research traded disciplinary authority for organizational fit
 • Saeideh Bakhshi
AI in Qualitative Research: A Map, Not a Verdict
A framework for separating the uses, risks, and claims that get collapsed in the debate
 • Saeideh Bakhshi
A Free AI Interview Coach for UX Researchers Preparing for UXR Job Interviews
I built a custom GPT to help UX researchers practice mocks, get follow-up questions, critique answers, and turn real projects into stronger interview…
 • Saeideh Bakhshi
The fallacy of depth at scale
What AI-moderated interviews can and cannot support
 • Saeideh Bakhshi
The five-user rule was never a rule for qualitative research
A usability testing model became folklore. Here’s when N=5 is useful, when it fails, and what to do instead.
 • Saeideh Bakhshi
Survey research in practice
Surveys for product insights, and surveys as metrics and optimizations
 • Saeideh Bakhshi
The wicked work that surfaces when AI unbundles research
On scoping wicked problems as the rare, creative, hard-to-measure work at the center of research
 • Saeideh Bakhshi
Research toolbox
Long time UX researcher, and a computational social scientist. Currently at OpenAI. I write about research, AI, UX measurement, and the evolving craft of understanding people in complex technological systems.
Recommendations
Behzod Notes
Behzod Notes
Behzod Sirjani
My Two and a Half Cents
My Two and a Half Cents
Kathleen Hayes

Research toolbox

AboutArchiveRecommendationsSitemap
© 2026 Saeideh Bakhshi · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture