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WRITING

Notes from the intersection of design, code, and craft. Long-form thinking, not short-form takes.

THINKING·MAR 12, 2026·7 MIN

Designing in the Age of AI

AI didn't make me a better designer. Learning to use it ruthlessly did. On what changes, what doesn't, and where craft still lives.

AIProduct DesignTools

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PROCESS

5 MIN

PART 5 OF 8 · BUILDING CAREEREDGE(AI, DESIGN & CODE)MAY 12, 2026

Claude Told Me It Was Built. It Wasn't.

Two weeks of Claude outages and a week of hallucinated feature confirmations. What I learned about A…

AI ToolsCareerEdgeClaude

CASE NOTES

8 MIN

PART 1 OF 8 · BUILDING CAREEREDGE(AI, DESIGN & CODE)APR 28, 2026

How I Redesigned Sophia

Sophia was a floating chat button that treated all eight user types the same. I redesigned her as th…

AI UXCareerEdgeContextual AI

I Designed 8 Dashboards Without Opening Figma

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6 MIN

PART 2 OF 8 · BUILDING CAREEREDGE(AI, DESIGN & CODE)APR 14, 2026

I Designed 8 Dashboards Without Opening Figma

The timeline forced me out of Figma. Eight user dashboards, six weeks, built directly in code. What …

Design EngineeringCareerEdgeFigma Make

CRAFT

5 MIN

PART 1 OF 2 · CRAFT & CODEFEB 28, 2026

Why I Build What I Design

The designer-who-codes debate is tired. Here's the real reason I ship what I design — and what I've …

EngineeringDesignWorkflow

CASE NOTES

6 MIN

FEB 10, 2026

The 90-Second Interface

Designing Pulse forced a rule I hadn't worked with before: every session must complete in under 90 s…

MobileWellnessUX

PROCESS

5 MIN

PART 2 OF 2 · CRAFT & CODEJAN 20, 2026

On Design Systems and Taste

Design systems are great at enforcing consistency. They're terrible at preserving taste. The two are…

Design SystemsTokensTeams

Writing — Blog & Notes

WRITING

Designing in the Age of AI

Claude Told Me It Was Built. It Wasn't.

How I Redesigned Sophia

I Designed 8 Dashboards Without Opening Figma

Why I Build What I Design

The 90-Second Interface

On Design Systems and Taste