# Nothing To See Here Yet

DevFeed: [Nothing To See Here Yet](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/nothing-to-see-here-yet-9451.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://joncphillips.com/nothing-to-see-here-yet/>)

Author: Jon C. Phillips

Published: 2026-08-09T13:48:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Jon C. Phillips](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jon-c-phillips.md>)

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## AI overview

An experienced developer reflects on why products repeatedly ship poor empty states. The article argues that blank screens reduce confidence, hurt discoverability, and appear in many situations beyond a first login, including empty searches, filters, cleared task lists, and unused accounts. It calls for designing these states deliberately instead of focusing only on populated interfaces.

## Source excerpt

Every product has a moment before it has any data in it, and almost nobody designs for that moment on purpose. This is about why that screen keeps shipping broken, and what a good one should actually look like.