life
I live in a beautiful Issaquah, WA, 18 miles from Seattle. You can often find me practicing hot yoga or drinking coffee at a local cafe.
I call myself a designer, but the tools and the output have changed. These days I build mostly in code, whether it's new features, design systems, Figma plugins, web or native apps.
I started designing for the web in 2010, helping out with my family's business. Since then I've run a design studio, worked at startups and corporations wearing multiple hats, design, development, product management, and more, and realized I enjoy building things more than anything else.
Five years ago I learned Swift to build my first app, a sleep calculator. Then JavaScript, to automate my workflow and prototype ideas faster. Working in the same medium as your final product changes things: you discover better solutions, understand constraints, and ship faster. It made me a better designer back then and has helped me transform my workflows now, embracing AI.
personal projects
I enjoy learning new tools and experimenting with them. It often leads to fun little projects.
I'm fascinated by how AI is fundamentally changing the way we interact with software. Traditional UI paradigms don't quite work when your interface can understand intent, generate content, and introduce completely new types of unpredictable interactions. That's why I always have a couple of personal projects to work on, to explore these new patterns and technologies while building something useful. Currently I'm working on Scraib, an AI writing assistant for Mac that helps me discover what makes AI interactions feel natural rather than intrusive.
this website
This website is built with SvelteKit, it is stored on GitHub, and distributed with Vercel.