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Finding My Way Back to Unknown Arts
Why I'm choosing curiosity and authenticity over career content
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Be a Skill Surfer
Ride the waves of your curiosity to a more fulfilling career
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Why I Went Video-First With My Design Portfolio — And How You Can, Too
A practical guide to how I restructured my portfolio around video presentations.
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I Tried Three Ways to Ship a Design System. Here's What Actually Worked.
Shipping a successful system takes more than aesthetics - it takes a strategic rollout plan.
Default It or Design It
How I learned to stop sweating every UI detail and ship faster
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No Country for Junior Designers
The structural reality behind disappearing entry-level design roles and some practical advice for finding ways in
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How Vibe Coding Improved My Data Viz Prototypes
Why I skipped Figma and rebuilt my data viz workflow in code instead
10 Heuristics to Simplify Design Decision-Making
How I use industry wisdom to guide my work and avoid the paradox of choice
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When Creation Becomes Compulsion
How I mistook output for identity, and what I’m learning now
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