Articles

Essays on systems, writing, and the craft of building with intention.

AI-Native UX: Part 2 — From Navigation to Intent: The UX Shift Behind AI Products

In Part 1, I argued that AI-native UX begins when software stops asking, “Where do you want to go?” and starts asking, “What are you trying to do?”That shift sounds simple, but it changes more than language. It changes t…

Apr 14, 2026~2 min read

AI-Native UX: Part 1 — Adding AI Is Not the Same as Designing an AI-Native Product

Many products now include AI, but their UX still reflects an older software model. What separates AI-enhanced from AI-native is not the presence of intelligence, but whether the interaction model has truly changed.Softwa…

Apr 7, 2026~2 min read

Engineering

Building Scalable UI Architectures — Final Part: What Actually Scales

Over the course of this series, I have covered the main layers that I believe shape scalable frontend systems: architecture boundaries, modular monorepos, observability, design systems, performance, release confidence, a…

Mar 31, 2026~2 min read

Leadership

Building Scalable UI Architectures — Part 7: Team Ownership, Governance, and Decision-Making as You…

Building Scalable UI Architectures — Part 7: Team Ownership, Governance, and Decision-Making as You ScaleIn the earlier parts of this series, I focused on architecture boundaries, monorepo structure, observability, desig…

Mar 25, 2026~2 min read

Engineering

Building Scalable UI Architectures — Part 6: Testing, Storybook, and Release Confidence at Scale

In the earlier parts of this series, I focused on architecture boundaries, modularity, observability, design systems, and performance. But there is another question that every growing frontend team eventually faces:How d…

Mar 18, 2026~2 min read

Engineering

Building Scalable UI Architectures — Part 5: Performance as a Product and Architecture Concern

In the earlier parts of this series, I focused on boundaries, modularity, observability, and design systems. Those are all essential. But there is another area that every product team eventually runs into, whether they p…

Mar 13, 2026~2 min read

Engineering

Building Scalable UI Architectures — Part 4: Design Systems That Scale Inside Product Teams

Design systems scale best when tokens, reusable primitives, and product boundaries work together as one architectural systemIn Part 1, I introduced the layered frontend architecture that has helped me scale products acro…

Mar 13, 2026~2 min read

Engineering

Building Scalable UI Architectures — Part 3: RUM, Observability & User Insights in a Modular…

Building Scalable UI Architectures — Part 3: RUM, Observability & User Insights in a Modular FrontendIn Part 1 and Part 2, we laid the groundwork for scalable frontend architectures using modular monorepo patterns. N…

Aug 12, 2025~2 min read

Engineering

Building Scalable UI Architectures — Part 2: Modular Patterns in a Monorepo

In Part 1, I outlined a layered approach to frontend architecture that’s helped me scale multiple products, from seed-stage velocity to enterprise complexity.But a clean architecture on paper isn’t enough. Once your team…

Jul 25, 2025~2 min read

Engineering

Building Scalable UI Architectures: Lessons From Leading Frontend at Multiple Startups

Over the past few years, I have had the opportunity to lead frontend engineering efforts at fast-paced startups and enterprises, often joining as the first UI/UX engineer or as a founding member of the frontend team. Eac…

Jul 17, 2025~2 min read