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Notes on buildingwhat's next

Engineering deep dives, design-system thinking and the messy, honest craft behind the products we ship. No hot takes — just what we're learning as we build.

DesignJun 12, 20268 min read

Designing motion that doesn't get in the way

Animation is a tool for clarity, not decoration. How we use easing, restraint and reduced-motion to keep interfaces fast and legible.

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Engineering11 min read

Shipping a design system three teams actually use

Tokens, primitives and the discipline of saying no. A field report from rolling out one source of truth across web, mobile and brand.

May 28, 2026

Performance6 min read

The cost of a slow first paint

We pulled 300ms off a client's hero and watched conversion climb. Here's the budget we hold ourselves to and why it matters.

May 9, 2026

AI / ML9 min read

What good AI product UX looks like in 2026

Beyond the chat box: designing interfaces where the model is a feature, not the whole product, and trust is the real metric.

Apr 22, 2026

Brand5 min read

Naming things: a brand engineer's guide

A name has to work as a logo, a URL, a handle and a headline. The constraints we run every candidate through before we fall in love.

Apr 3, 2026

Process7 min read

From discovery to launch in thirty days

How a tight scope, a daily rhythm and a ruthless backlog let a small team take a startup from idea to live product in a month.

Mar 14, 2026