My Blog
Critical essays on product strategy, artificial intelligence, systems thinking, and shaping digital experiences with intentionality.
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Without Juniors, Where Will the Next Seniors Come From?
I spent nearly 12 years teaching design. When companies stop hiring junior talent because AI handles the basics, they are quietly dismantling the ladder that creates mature product leaders.
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Design on Credit: The Hidden Cost of the Vibecoded Screen
The PM arrives with a moving, functional prototype from late-night vibecoding. Why unmade architectural decisions accumulate compound interest like an overdue credit card statement.
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The Designer Who Sees Systems
Most designers can explain how their product works, but few can explain why it works that way. Why true systems thinking transcends UI components and connects directly to business outcomes.
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In Times of AI, Practice Slow Design
We have never produced as fast as we do today. AI gives us speed, but fails to tell us what to do with the time we save. Why choosing to think better matters more than simply producing more.
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The Problem Was Never Generation
Generative AI operates on an unchallenged premise: that generating is the hard part. Why deciding what deserves to exist before opening any tool remains the true hurdle of product design.
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AI Helps Us... Think Less
At some point, you stopped trying to solve things on your own before asking AI. Walter Benjamin's aura, software homogenization, and why discernment is your only true moat.
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The User Will Send an Agent
I've spent weeks designing flows for users who might never actually see them. From UX to Agent Experience (AX): why continuing to design only for humans is designing for irrelevance.