Task2k
SaaSTask2k is a user research platform designed to give researchers, designers and product teams a single place to run studies, recruit participants and collect feedback. It ships as a full product surface: a web app, a marketing CMS site, a live Chrome extension for in-context capture, and a mobile app currently in build.
The whole platform was designed, architected and shipped solo — using AI as the implementation accelerator while I owned the UX, system engineering, integrations, payments, and platform compliance.
Project Info
ROLE:
UX Designer & AI-Assisted Builder
System engineering, platforms, integrations
TYPE:
Solo-built product
STATUS:
Chrome ext live · Mobile in build
DATE:
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The Challenge
How might one designer ship a production-grade research platform — across web, browser and mobile — while still owning the architecture, security and compliance properly?
Task2k was a chance to prove out a way of working: design-led, AI-assisted, but with the engineering discipline of a proper product team. Not a prototype. A real, billable, multi-surface platform that researchers could actually run studies on.
Approach
The build was architecture-first. Stack, data model, auth, payments and compliance were chosen before the first screen got designed — so the product could scale past the MVP without a rewrite. AI handled the implementation; I owned the decisions.
- Audit of existing user-research tools to identify the gaps and the cost ceiling researchers were hitting
- Architecture and stack chosen up-front to support web + extension + mobile from one backend
- Security and abuse protection wired in early — not bolted on later
The Solution
Task2k is a research workspace that meets researchers wherever they're working — at their desk in the web app, in their browser via the Chrome extension, and (soon) on the move on mobile. It's a full platform, not a feature.
1. Web app — the research workspace
The core of the platform: build studies, recruit participants, collect responses, and analyse results in one place. Designed as the home base for any user-research project.
2. Marketing site & CMS
A standalone marketing site running on its own CMS, so content (case studies, pricing, blog) can be updated without touching the app codebase. Same brand, different deployment surface.
3. Chrome extension — research in context
A live, store-published Chrome extension that lets researchers capture observations and feedback right inside the product they're studying — no copy/paste, no broken context.
4. Mobile apps — in build
Native mobile apps are in active development, extending the platform to on-the-go capture and participation.
5. Built-in ticketing
Customer support is integrated directly into the platform so issues, requests and feedback all stay inside the same system — no third-party helpdesk needed.
6. Fraud & abuse protection
Cloudflare Turnstile gates the high-value entry points (signup, study submission) and a fraud-detection layer flags suspicious activity — making sure the research data researchers pay for is actually valid.
Tech & Architecture
The stack is deliberately boring — modern, well-supported, and chosen so a solo builder can move fast without painting themselves into a corner.
Final Designs
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The Impact
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