I design systems and write the code that ships them.

How a personal automation experiment became a shared platform for the delivery team, and the three mental model problems that had to be solved to design for agentic AI.

How I built a unified token architecture, an AI-guarded lint pipeline, and a one-command dev loop that kept Figma, code, and AI tooling in sync across four brands, two themes, and two modalities, for a multi-display, multi-brand product platform.

An isolated Storybook environment powered by AI — one command to start. How I built a design layer on top of an agentic framework, and what I learned about operationalizing change in a service company where the best handoff is still a handoff.

A bad workman blames his tools—but sometimes the tool is the ceiling. On how Figma labels designers as picture-makers, why every visual builder trades one lock-in for another, and the build workflow that removes the handoff so the thing you design is the thing that ships.

When making something is nearly free, the scarce skill becomes knowing what's worth building and being able to say why. A fifteen-year arc from graphic design to agent experience, which turned out to be the same story as vibe coding.

A project falling apart, fifty-odd UI defects and no source of truth, and what staying in it taught me: friction only sharpens you when there's something steady to work against.