How I work
What I look for
Does it respect the user's context, or does it interrupt and demand attention?
Consistency in patterns. If we solved this interaction once, we use that solution everywhere.
Invisible affordances are a red flag. If I have to guess what's interactive, the design is already broken.
Tools
Figma for layouts and components.
VS Code for code and prototyping.
A notes app for early thinking.
The browser for most of the actual work.
Influences
Command-line culture: the Unix philosophy applied to interface design.
Writing about craft: Shape Up, Dieter Rams' principles, anything that codifies taste.
Recent thinking
Command-driven interfaces. What happens when every action becomes searchable and composable.
The design challenge: commands strip away spatial memory. You lose the "it's in the top right" mental model. How do we preserve context when the interface becomes entirely search-driven?
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