Notes
Notes on process, AI and design.
Short pieces on how I work: decisions, tools and what I learned along the way.
- The design system the AI actually reads The design system the agent applies is three text files, and it reads them better than I do. Design System · AI · 3 min read Read note ↗
- The designer became an orchestrator I stopped pushing pixels one by one and started directing an agent. The design decision is still mine; the execution turned into a conversation. AI · Process · 3 min read Read note ↗
- The design portfolio bug in 2026 Whoever opens a portfolio scans it. The most common mistake is the order: process before the result. Portfolio · Craft · 3 min read Read note ↗
- Strategy before the logo When a client says "it doesn't feel right," they're telling me I skipped the strategy and went straight to the visual. Branding · Process · 4 min read Read note ↗
- UX audits with parallel agents You can audit a prototype with several agents at once, each one playing a different persona. The hard part is deciding who audits. UX · AI · 3 min read Read note ↗
- A data contract generated from the design The prototype spits out the TypeScript the dev plugs in, and the dev stops guessing what the design decided. AI · Handoff · 4 min read Read note ↗