Trust me bro.
AX = Trust.
My writing is useless.
Don't quit.
Quoth the Raven
Don't make me fill out forms.
Forms are gross.
My bet on the future of design.
From least to most exciting.
STRONG OPINIONS
You are trapped.
We're stuck in rectangles.
Powerpoint is not a teleprompter.
A slide deck is a crutch.
Ask me.
Think better by having AI ask you.
No more excuses for sloppy design.
Good UI is table stakes.
Cloudflare outages.
Go offline.
Rebuilding my brain.
Switching to Obsidian from Notion
Allow me to reintroduce myself.
Writing elevates thinking.
Bullying is not innovation.
Personal agents are the future.
Fail.
Spartan Race
What is love?
Baby don’t replace me.
Large Type Footers.
I like em.
Peanut butter jelly time.
Break tasks down for agents.
Light em up.
You can choose the lights on the Empire State Building.
Don’t outsource your thinking.
Thinking is your edge
If the internet went down permanently tomorrow, what would you download today?
Why I don't keep my personal stuff on SaaS products.
Designer Error.
We used to blame users instead of the design.
The problem with summaries.
It isn't effective unless you summarize it for yourself.
I miss my friends.
Social media is toxic.
'If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.' - Carl Sagan
We're getting better at rendering intent.
Confirm Humanity.
Human language feels real.
The Psychology of Money.
Money is a tool. Are you using it effectively?
The death of...
The shift of UX
GitHub.
--
I hired someone that I never met.
Product Management is dead.
Action is all that matters.
The gold rush.
Sell tools.
Hand-painted branding.
Imperfection is refreshing.
UI + AI Patterns.
New patterns are coming.
The best UX.
And my favorite interview question.
Honestly, I'm not in love with Dia.
Who will win the browser wars?
YOLO Portfolio.
tl;dr: put your money in index funds only.
I want AI to replace me.
Automate busywork, not creativity.
Deadlifts are the best workout.
And why I stopped.
MCP for dummies.
It's basically a USB-C connector.
No Bullsh*t AI.
Human-first software.
Dumb interns.
Who's responsible when AI fails?
Free oil change.
Experts save time and ensure quality.
You're so fake.
Online presence is a show.
I bullied Windsurf.
Models are sensitive.
Human software.
The best AI is boring.
UX → AX.
UI will disappear.
3 ingredients you need to build good agents.
Discovery, evals, and prompts.
UX. DX. AX.
You need all three.
How much 💰 do you make?
Ask
My grandmother made bombs.
A Multimodal and Multi-Model future.
The future is both.
Document, don't create.
But still generate quality content.
I want to be lazy.
Software should make that possible.
Vibe Shaving.
The coder's rabbit hole.
You can't design something to be easy.
You can only remove the hard parts until all you have left is ease.
I want my words to turn into money.
Why I write.
Stop making candles.
The age of the app is over.
Figma is an excuse not to learn code.
Get closer to the source code.
Agentic UX isn't a trend.
AI is already rewriting the rules of UX.
The future of design is agentic
We need to make bad designs before we get to better ones
I would not hire my younger self
Agency > Momentum
I’ve crossed Mount Stupid
Dead ends in vibe coding
Vibe coding is dead
AI is more than just hype.
The best compliment I've ever received
It's satisfying to see an expert use a tool well.
No more slide decks
Alignment docs should be rich with context.
Be first, be smarter, or cheat.
Don't cheat.
AI forgets
Stateful agents are the future.
Noise
The web sucks.
I’m not a designer
I'm a builder.
Potholes
Experience beyond software
Become unfireable
Be like water.
What would you do if you had $100 million?
Design is life.
Ambient Intelligence
The best tech does the job quietly and then gets out of the way.