If it can go, it goes.
Most of my effort goes into taking parts out, not piling features on.
About
A settled day comes good.
I build to take the clutter out of everyday work and life.
Heart of Dev is where I share what I make and the thinking behind it: what to keep, what to leave out, and why a lighter day is a better one.
Operating principles
Make it legible first.
A screen should say what's going on and what to do next before it worries about looking good.
Rather small, but worth coming back to.
A narrow tool made with care beats a do-everything one that wears you out.
Write it down to see it.
Writing drags the fuzzy calls into the open, and turns what I've done into ideas I can reuse.
Experience signals
- 10+ years
- Building software across product and system layers.
- Systems
- Large-scale production experience with reliability and performance constraints.
- Interfaces
- UX, accessibility, and legible interfaces as first-order engineering concerns.
- Indie work
- Apps, web tools, content websites, and ongoing product experiments.
Current exploration areas
- New product ideas
- AI-assisted building
- Content and product discovery
- Legible interfaces
Outside the build
I also make room for reading, running, photography, and travel. Those habits keep the work connected to real observation instead of only screens.