Building the future
with AI.

How I'm using AI right now

Prototyping

Building a real artifact, in code, with actual motion libraries and real constraints, is so much more informative and useful than Figma or Framer.

Agentic Coding

I'm taking my ideas off the Figma canvas and into users' hands with the help of Claude Code. Check out my Flowstates project for my latest example.

Research

I'm using Perplexity to quickly research features, products, emerging design patterns, and industry trends, getting well-sourced snapshots faster than I could gather on my own.

Chores

Note taking. Outlines. Design token updates. Pushing to prod in a single step.

AI for design teams

The creativity, intuition, and judgment that design requires isn't replaceable with software, and our best tools should amplify and extend those qualities. AI won't replace designers. But it can lower the entry point and raise the ceiling of what designers can do. The best designers will use human ingenuity to figure out what comes next, and all available tools (AI included) to take them further, faster.

AI for users

I avoid features that feel bolted on, confusing, or intrusive rather than helpful. But when AI makes someone feel more capable, more informed, or less burdened, it's good design.

How I'm NOT using AI

Team Feedback

Feedback to individuals deserves my full attention and care, not a generated response.

Empathy Driven Work

Output centered on human empathy and understanding needs a human perspective.

Formative Ideation

Generative AI is inherently retrospective, so when the direction of something important is still being defined, early thinking should be fully engaged as human.

Human Accountability

When a decision has real consequences for real people, those situations need human accountability at the foundation of the process.

Aesthetics

Bluntly, it looks bad without experts steering. And if you've got an expert, might as well have them design and avoid the risk of brand dilution that seems to be happening.