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Elliott and Will discuss the Bleeds UI state framework with Eddy Nguyen, focusing on improving user experience through better state management.

Ever shipped a UI that “works” but still feels clunky, janky or confusing to users? In this episode of SEEK Bytes, Elliott and Will chat with lead engineer Eddy Nguyen about Bleeds – a simple but powerful way to design every UI state your users actually experience, not just the happy path. This episode's special guest: Eddy Nguyen (SEEK Lead Engineer) Eddy breaks down how Bleeds (Blank, Loading, Error, Expected, Disabled, Static) went from a team guideline to a shared language across engineers, designers and product. They dig into skeletons, loading spinners, empty states, static rendering and optimistic updates, and show how a clear pattern for states can make your interfaces feel modern, forgiving and fast. In this episode, we explore: • What Bleeds is and how Blank, Loading, Error, Expected, Disabled and Static states map to real user journeys • How a shared UI‑state language helps engineers, designers and product collaborate and keep experiences consistent across apps • Practical tips for implementing Bleeds in React/GraphQL‑style front ends with skeletons, helpful errors, static rendering and fewer “mystery” states If you’re a frontend or full‑stack engineer, designer or…

People in this episode

Hosts: Elliott, Will

Guest: Eddy Nguyen

Topics covered

• UI design
• user experience
• frontend development
• collaboration
• React
• GraphQL

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SEEK

Products: Bleeds

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