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User Experience

Engineers love to treat UX as someone else's department right up until the support tickets prove otherwise. I write about where product, design, and code actually collide — and why the best experience is usually the one nobody notices.

🐑 Part 1: Who's the Shepherd When the Sheep Write the Code?

🐑 Part 1: Who's the Shepherd When the Sheep Write the Code?

Our senior director says if Mauve isn't working for you, you're just not a power user. I've got ten unreviewed PRs, a bot that commits as me, and a question nobody wants to answer: who's actually driving?

🎯 Who Owns the User’s Pain?

🎯 Who Owns the User’s Pain?

Great software doesn’t come from moving fast alone. It comes from understanding the people you’re building for. User experience isn’t polish—it’s empathy, context, and intent.

From Critique to Commit: What Graphic Design Taught Me About Writing Code 🎨🧑‍💻

From Critique to Commit: What Graphic Design Taught Me About Writing Code 🎨🧑‍💻

What do design and software engineering have in common? A lot more than you'd think. Here's how lessons from my graphic design career made me a better coder—starting with how to take critique, simplify solutions, and stop overworking your ideas.

Turning Turds into Diamonds: The 5 Cs of Engineering Value 💎💩

Turning Turds into Diamonds: The 5 Cs of Engineering Value 💎💩

Effort alone doesn't create value. Like diamonds, great engineering work is judged by its cut, color, clarity, carat—and cost. Here's how to evaluate what you build before polishing another pointless feature.

The Ruthless Pursuit of Why 💥

The Ruthless Pursuit of Why 💥

Stop validating features by how “good” they are. Start asking if they solve the right problem. A mindset shift for any team building software for real people.