// la oveja negra

// ux · ui · psychology · ecommerce

// design · development · performance

01 / INTRO

We design
the way
people
buy.

La Oveja Negra studies the intersection between user experience, interface design, psychology and ecommerce development.

UX / UI

Psychology

Ecommerce

CRO / Performance

SYSTEM STATUS

UXACTIVE
UIACTIVE
ECOMMERCEACTIVE
DEVELOPMENTREADY
PERFORMANCEMEASURED
SECURITYACTIVE
INFRASTRUCTUREREADY

THESIS

A good interface does not ask the user to think about the interface.

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03 / DESIGN

Theory
becomes
interface.

A psychological theory is only useful when it can become a concrete UX, UI or product decision.

THEORY → INTERFACE

01HICK’S LAWfewer perceived options → simpler decisions
02COGNITIVE LOADless effort → better product comprehension
03SOCIAL PROOFmore confidence → less uncertainty
04LOSS AVERSIONmake visible what the user can lose
05CHOICE ARCHITECTUREstructure options to make the decision easier

04 / BUILD

Design is
only useful
when it can
ship.

01

ECOMMERCE

WooCommerce, product architecture, variants, filters, cart and checkout.

02

DEVELOPMENT

React, Next.js, APIs, integrations and reusable systems.

03

PERFORMANCE

Weight, rendering, images, caching, Core Web Vitals and real-world experience.

04

SECURITY

Hardening, firewall, access control, backups, WordPress and service protection.

05

INFRASTRUCTURE

Ubuntu, Nginx, PHP, databases, Redis, Cloudflare, backups and server configuration.

06

SEO

Architecture, content, metadata and technical foundations for organic search.

07

OBSERVABILITY

Metrics, errors, performance and signals needed to understand what is happening.

08

MAINTENANCE

Updates, security, performance and continuous system evolution.

05 / METHOD

Understand.
Design.
Build.
Measure.

01UNDERSTANDUnderstand the business, the product and user behaviour.
02DESIGNTurn that knowledge into a clear and useful experience.
03BUILDBring the experience into code without losing intent.
04MEASUREObserve what happens when a person interacts with it.
05ITERATEImprove through data, behaviour and learning.

06 / JOURNAL

Long-form thinking about UX, UI, psychology, ecommerce, performance, security and development.

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IA / JOURNAL / CONOCIMIENTO

Pregunta
a la oveja.

Pregunta sobre UX, psicología, comportamiento, ecommerce, CRO y los conceptos que exploramos en nuestro Journal.

0 / 1000

El Journal es la base de conocimiento.

07 / CONTACT

Let’s build
something
people
understand.

UX/UI, ecommerce, CRO, development or performance projects where the problem deserves to be understood before the code starts.

START A CONVERSATION

NOTE

We do not start with code.
We start with behaviour.