Arrival
72.1The opening 90 seconds of a project management tool, built to be understood without a single tooltip.
Theo Lindqvist🔥 49
Driftwood SketchDriftwoodTailwind CSS
JudgingDesignstandardindividual
The First Ninety Seconds
Design the opening 90 seconds of a product a stranger has never seen.
Design challenge, judged heavily on craft. Build the real thing, not a mockup — but the scope is deliberately narrow enough that polish is achievable inside the window.
Challenge closed
8 submissions · 8 scored
- Build time
- 30 minutes
- Host
- Ravi Anand (guest host)
- Judges
- 3 on the panel
- Voting
- Community vote enabled
Results
Final standings
Scored by 3 judges against the standard daily rubric, blended with community votes.
Community choice
ArrivalSubmission gallery
8 builds
Every submission from this challenge, including what shipped and what didn't.
Ninety
56.3Onboarding for a finance tool, designed for someone who is nervous about finance tools.
Sofia Marchetti🔥 18
Driftwood SketchBasalt
Signal Flare
56.0An onboarding sequence that adapts its pace to how fast you're clicking.
June Park🔥 15
Driftwood SketchTypeScript
Front Door
53.1A landing-to-first-action flow that removes every step that isn't the action.
Mira Sandoval🔥 39
DriftwoodTailwind CSS
Cold Boot
52.5The first 90 seconds of a developer tool, where step one is a working API call.
Nadia Rahman🔥 10
DriftwoodNext.js
Consent First
52.3An onboarding flow where the privacy explanation is the product, not a footnote.
Priya Nair🔥 58
Driftwood SketchBasalt
Open With
34.1A first-run screen that picks your setup path from one question.
Sam Okonjo🔥 31
Driftwood
Threshold Moment
A first-run experience that teaches by letting you break things safely.
June Park🔥 56
Driftwood SketchPrism
The brief
Required deliverables
Deliverables
- Working demo
- Repository
- Video walkthrough
Rules
- Must be keyboard navigable.
- Must meet WCAG AA contrast.
Judging
Standard Daily Rubric
The default rubric for daily challenges. Weights are tuned so that a working, honest, well-explained build beats an ambitious broken one.
| OriginalityIs the idea fresh, or a well-worn demo with a new coat of paint? | 15% |
| ExecutionDoes it actually run? How much of the promise is real? | 20% |
| UsefulnessWould a real person use this? Is the problem worth solving? | 15% |
| Technical QualitySound architecture and sensible tradeoffs for a 30-minute build. | 12% |
| Design & UXClarity, polish, and accessibility of the interface. | 12% |
| Effective Use of AIIs AI load-bearing here, or decorative? | 13% |
| Completion in TimeHow much shipped inside the clock, per the disclosure fields. | 8% |
| Demo & PresentationDid the live demo land? Was the process explained well? | 5% |