Building a design system from scratch in a weekend
Tokens, components, docs — the exact process I follow to spin up a coherent design system in 48 hours.
Writing
Thoughts on UI/UX design, frontend development, and the realities of full-time freelancing. No fluff.
Tokens, components, docs — the exact process I follow to spin up a coherent design system in 48 hours.
Contracts, pricing, scope creep, burnout — the things nobody tells you before you go solo.
No build step, no virtual DOM, no config hell. Just sprinkle some behaviour and ship.
Fitts's Law, Hick's Law, Jakob's Law — the cognitive science behind every good interface decision.
My exact Notion setup, communication rhythms, and the one rule I never break.
Contrast ratios, elevation, shadows — what most dark mode implementations get completely wrong.