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Storytelling: Challenge 2 — Daily Annoyances

A daily annoyance didn't seem like much at first. When my team got the chance to explore the daily annoyances of our mentors, I thought that was the problem. Turns out it was just the surface of something bigger.

We split into Desk Research, Observation, and Interview. Using a framework called R.U.J.A.K (Rohani, Uang, Jasmani, Asmara, Keluarga), we explored every part of our user's life to find where the real problem lived. I learned that a good interview doesn't need to be rigid — just guiding questions, and letting it flow like a natural conversation.

What started as a vague annoyance narrowed into this: our user had been eating the exact same oatmeal every lunch for 5 years. She didn't need a brand new meal; she just needed it to feel less repetitive.

So we built an iOS app that gives her flavor variations and highlights the health benefits of what she's already eating.

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👥 Team & Mentors

A huge thank you to our team, workshops leads, and mentor:

🌟 Mentor & Skill Mentors

• 🎯 Dimas Ackyl Mohamad — Design Mentor @ Apple Developer Academy
• 📚 Dea Safirahilda & Dimas Maulana — User Research & Interviewing
• 💻 Nadya Tyandra — State Management
• 🌿 Kamilia L. — Git Collaboration

🚀 Challenge Team

• 🤝 Hamidah Firoos
• 🤝 Alberto Yohanes Widagdo
• 🤝 Gusti Ngurah Deva Wirandana Putra
• 🤝 Ardhia Aprilia Dewi

There's no single right answer in this kind of work — it's all about how close you can get to what the user actually needs.