The quieter thinking behind the case studies.
Essays and field notes on workflow architecture, measurement, and the craft of senior product design. Three pieces are in draft below; full versions land on Substack as they're finished.
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Three pieces in draft. Each will publish in full on Substack first, then land here.
Why most UX work cannot survive the CFO conversation.
The structural reason design loses budget reviews — and the framing shift that fixes it before the slide deck is opened. Drawn from the measurement frame behind every audit and engagement in the practice.
Information architecture is a financial document.
The IA decides what the org can charge for, what the regulator can read, and what the analytics can measure. Treating it as a UI artefact is how IA work loses to a brand refresh in budget reviews.
What I changed about my Figma file after a year of Claude.
A working note on the Claude + Figma + MCP toolchain — what stayed the same, what went away, and what got added. Less hot take, more file structure.
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