Dana Fridman, a product designer at Logz.io, has made significant contributions to the open-source Jaeger project, bringing essential design perspectives to the typically developer-focused world of backend open-source projects. Her work highlights the importance of user experience design in distributed tracing applications, which often lack the sophisticated visualization tools seen in other data platforms like Prometheus and Elasticsearch. Fridman's efforts have involved enhancing Jaeger's interface with new system architecture visuals and an upcoming APM monitoring screen, aiming to provide clearer insights into system health. Her experience underscores the unique opportunities and challenges faced by designers in open-source environments, where community feedback is both rapid and invaluable. Fridman advocates for more designers to engage with open-source projects, emphasizing that even small contributions can significantly impact, and encourages overcoming apprehensions about the technical aspects of these projects to expand one's professional horizons.