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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.

essay · 12 min read · drafting

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.

measurement · career
essay · 8 min read · drafting

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.

IA · OOUX
field note · 5 min read · drafting

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.

tools · workflow

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