Documenting AI-assisted design workflows, the honest process, including the parts that broke.
How I Built This Portfolio With AI, and What I Had to Fight It On
From paper sketches to Vercel — six weeks using Claude Code and Figma MCP to build a design-system-first portfolio. A transparent account of every architectural decision made before a prompt was written, and every place the AI needed overriding.
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AI Travel App Built Around a Physical Metaphor
Most AI travel apps front-load the AI. The Postcard inverts this — 20 destinations, each with a locally-specific 3-day itinerary written by hand before a single API call, displayed on a 3D-flipping postcard. The espresso-and-parchment palette makes it feel like a designed object, not a product.
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Semantic Design Token Generator with WCAG Verification
Type a vibe, get five WCAG-verified semantic color tokens in under a second. No API keys, no configuration. Four documented iterations, each with a named contrast failure and a specific fix — separating it from every palette generator that stops at aesthetics.
