Writing

Things I'm working through: design systems, what adoption actually looks like in practice, and what it's like to redesign a product while the company is mid-acquisition.

Earned Black

A belt isn't proof you arrived; it's proof you can carry someone else to where you are. On earned depth, the things you can't shortcut, and the machine I wrote this with.

Merging Three Design Systems Was the Easy Part

The technical challenge of merging three component libraries was real. The organizational challenge, getting people who didn't choose to work together to actually build something together, was the actual job.

The Data Model That Wasn't There

Early in my career, I measured my output in screens. Then I designed a beautiful solution that assumed a data model that didn't exist. That failure changed everything.