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I've been hearing a lot about design focused startups lately. It seems to be the trendy thing to talk and debate about. I'm not going to side with design over engineering, but I just want to point how well Airbnb has focused on design. From every detail of their UI to their offline user experience, it all has been designed beautifully. I don't think anyone can argue against the fact that great design helped Airbnb become the success they are today.

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"I'm not going to side with design over engineering"

It shouldn't be one or the other, it should work in unison. Design includes aesthetics and user interaction. Airbnb wouldn't successful if the user flow wasn't well crafted and a far superior experience than using Craigslist.

It shouldn't be one or the other, it should work in unison.

I completely agree. That's why I prefaced my comment by saying that I wasn't siding. Most people talking about the subject will be strongly supporting one particular side.

So where should we put the lack of newline to <br> conversion inside place reviews - design or engineering?

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