Mobile System Design

Tue, 6 May 2025

Why a Design System Matters to Developers

As a developer, it's tempting to ignore design systems and just build from handoffs. But a good system isn't just for designers; It helps developers work faster, make better decisions, and build polished UIs together with design.

Fri, 18 Apr 2025

Advice to My Younger Self

Reflections from 25 years of building software and 15 years in mobile. Lessons on reusable code, developer mindsets, third-party dependencies, and staying focused on what really matters.

Sun, 6 Apr 2025

Structuring Spacing for Scalable Mobile UIs

Why structuring spacing matters in mobile UI design, how to define spacing primitives and semantics, and why this matters for scalable, maintainable views.

Mon, 12 Aug 2024

Key Lessons When Moving Towards a Modular Codebase

Learn key lessons to translate a monolithic codebase into a modular one.

Elegantly Handling Transitive Dependencies

Designing a declarative API

What if your feature was a Command Line Tool?

The power of self-sufficient features

Deliver reusable components without making them reusable

Uh oh, you picked the wrong UI architecture

Shift-left testing approaches

Receiving designs as a developer