# Train Your Judgement

Essay by Emil Kowalski (https://emilkowal.ski)

Settling for good enough is not good enough.

Topics: Craft, Review
Source: https://emilkowal.ski/ui/train-your-judgement

## For agents

Nothing to install. This is a reference: cite it, or fetch the source when
the reasoning matters.

Read it at: https://emilkowal.ski/ui/train-your-judgement

The full text is not reproduced here. It belongs to its author. What is
above is the author's own summary and the topics it covers.

Skills in this library that act on the same ground:

- emil-design-eng (https://www.stackskills.dev/md/emil-design-eng): The design-engineering house style behind Sonner and Vaul.
- review-animations (https://www.stackskills.dev/md/review-animations): Reviews your motion strictly, against Emil's rules.
- improve-animations (https://www.stackskills.dev/md/improve-animations): Audits every animation in a codebase and hands back prioritised plans.
- prototype (https://www.stackskills.dev/md/prototype): Builds several genuinely different UI variants behind a live picker.
- apple-design (https://www.stackskills.dev/md/apple-design): Apple's interface and motion principles, translated for the web.

## The short version

A set of side-by-side motion exercises rather than an article to read through. Each one shows two versions of the same animation and asks you to pick the better one, write down the reason, then read Emil's breakdown. The exercises cover easing, entry animations, stagger, interruption handling, press feedback and how frequency should change what you do. The value is in the writing-down step, because putting the reason into words is what lets you spot the same problem next time. AI can already produce motion that works, so telling mediocre from right is the part that stays yours.

## Verification

- Source link: Resolved (HTTP 200) (pass)
- Reading copy: Plain markdown for agents at /md/train-your-judgement (pass)
- Attribution: Credited to Emil Kowalski (pass)

Full page: https://www.stackskills.dev/library/train-your-judgement