Things I've been thinking out loud about.
I publish on Medium. Mostly about design judgment, design systems, and how AI is sorting designers instead of replacing them. Some pieces are practical. Some are arguments. None of them pretend to be finished.
Tap any title to read the full piece on Medium. The list is ordered by most recent.
2026
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Training design judgment: how to read products like a senior designer
In a world where AI can do almost everything, this is what it truly cannot replace.
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Product designers are not being replaced. They are being sorted.
The question was never whether AI replaces you. The question is which side of the split you end up on.
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Logo grid system: how professional designers build logos that last decades
Most people think great logos come from talent. They actually come from a system.
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Solo designer, part 1: learn to write
The skill most designers leave for last is the one users feel the most.
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Icons in UI design: history, types, libraries, and motion
The layout was clean. The typography was solid. Something still felt cheap. It was the icons.
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I stopped using brand colors for everything — and here is what changed
Why mixing your brand identity with functional UI design is ruining your user experience.
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Not just animations: micro-interactions that improve UX
How tiny details build trust and make digital products feel alive.
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15 Google Font pairings every designer should save
Save hours of font hunting. Use these instead.
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Figma MCP and the rise of AI-first design systems
For years our design and development process has looked the same. That's about to stop.
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2025
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How Kigen made my design setup way faster as a freelancer
It's not about skipping design. It's about skipping the repetitive parts.
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Featured · published on this site
Interface Tuning. A field guide to thirty-one interface detailsThirty-one details from shipping products, with interactive demos and a one-command install. Linear, Stripe, Vercel, Raycast, Apple, Figma, Arc, Notion. Observations, not claims.
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