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·8 min read

Nobody knows what my job is... and I wouldn't have it any other way.

My title confuses recruiters, job boards, and ATS systems. Here's what the work actually looks like, why the hybrid role exists, and why I wouldn't have it any other way.

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I one-shotted my science fair volcano (everyone clapped)

·8 min read

Everyone's posting 'I built this app in one prompt!' on LinkedIn. Here's what happens ten minutes after the eruption, and how to build something that's still standing when the science fair is over.

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AI isn't coming for your job, the other department is.

·7 min read

Designers are using AI to code, developers are using AI to design, and both groups are pissed when the other side celebrates it. Everyone keeps framing this as "AI vs. creatives" or "AI vs. developers." The real fight is creatives vs. developers, and they're both using AI against one other.

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The still life and the soul.

·10 min read

A video game from 2018 predicted exactly where we are with AI art. Through two real Midjourney projects and a header image that neither me nor Claude could have made alone, I explore what creative direction means when the still life paints itself.

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Building a design system as a team of one.

·8 min read

Everything built with AI is starting to look the same. I built my own design system from scratch so Claude Code pulls from my decisions, not everyone else's defaults.

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How I built my new portfolio with AI.

·8 min read

I rebuilt my portfolio from the ground up using Figma, Claude.ai, and Claude Code. Here's what the workflow actually looked like, where AI helped, and where it took liberties it shouldn't have.

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Fresh blog, who this?

·4 min read

If you work in creative or development, you've probably had the same thoughts I've had lately about AI. Here's why I'm writing about it.

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