Thoughts & Insights

Exploring the intersection of design, technology, and human experience. Sharing learnings from my journey in UX/UI engineering and DevOps.

Building Go APIs That Don't Suck: A Designer's Guide

Lessons learned from designing and building Go APIs at Google that prioritize developer experience and human usability.

Golang Microservices at Scale

How Go's simplicity becomes a superpower when building distributed systems that actually work in production.

UX Research Without the Fancy Tools

Sometimes the best insights come from simple conversations and keen observation, not expensive research platforms.

DevOps for Humans: Making CI/CD Less Scary

CI/CD doesn't have to be intimidating. Here's how to build deployment pipelines that actually help your team ship with confidence.

Design Systems That Don't Suck

Building design systems that teams actually want to use, not fight against. Lessons from Google's design system work.

From Figma to Code: Bridging the Gap

How to create designs that developers love to implement and users love to use. Practical tips from someone who lives in both worlds.

Learning Go: A UX Designer's Perspective

What happens when a UX designer falls in love with Go? Lessons learned from crossing the design-development divide.

Customer Empathy and Surviving the Call Center Grind

After graduating with a theatre degree, I found myself working Tier 2 iOS support at Transcom.

Life as an iOS Tier 2 Tech at Transcom

Supporting Apple customers without working for Apple. My time at Transcom showed me what high-level iOS troubleshooting really looks like β€” and what it doesn’t.

Balancing Drama Coursework with Early IT Projects

Struggling theatre rehearsals with side tinkering β€” from running Plex servers to hosting Minecraft worlds and building my first VPN β€” all while on a theatre scholarship.

Upgrading a Theatre Desktop

How a simple GPU upgrade for a projection festival turned into a lesson in systems thinking and IT inside the theatre.

Lessons from the Help Desk – Supporting Faculty & Students

Reflections on my work-study role at Wharton.

Building My First VPN on a Raspberry Pi

How I set up my very first VPN on a Raspberry Pi.

The Stagecraft Aesthetic in IT Work

How theatre training sharpened my problem-solving and communication in tech.

More Content Coming Soon

I'm currently working on detailed articles about UX design patterns, Angular best practices, and my experiences in the tech industry. Stay tuned for in-depth insights and practical tutorials.