Writing honest case studies when nothing was measured
Commits aren't outcomes. How I label what shipped, what was reported and what was measured, and why it makes a portfolio more credible.
PortfolioCareerDesign writingRead
notes from the work
WRITING
Practical notes on designing business software: states, forms, imports, money, consent, and how I write about it honestly.
- 2 Oct 2026 · 6 min
- 1 Oct 2026 · 8 min
Consent-first sharing in health apps
What a 171-response survey taught us about who people would let see their cycle data, and why sharing should be off by default and scoped.
ResearchPrivacyHealth techRead - 1 Oct 2026 · 6 min
A state checklist for business software
Empty, zero, loading, partial, denied, expired, interrupted: the states I check on every screen before I call a design done.
UX designDesign systemsChecklistRead - 30 Sept 2026 · 7 min
Fix import errors where they happen
Spreadsheet imports usually fail with a list of row numbers. A better pattern: map, validate and repair inside the product before anything is posted.
UX designData importB2B SaaSRead - 29 Sept 2026 · 7 min
Being the only designer on a product team
How I work as the sole UI/UX designer at Tigg: from a CEO's ticket to Figma, handoff, QA, UAT and release, and what I'd tell someone starting out.
Design processCareerDesign engineeringRead - 27 Sept 2026 · 8 min
Designing software for Nepali businesses
NPR amounts, Bikram Sambat dates, PAN and VAT rules, shared counters and shop routines: what changes when you design for Nepal.
UX designLocalisationNepalRead - 24 Sept 2026 · 7 min
Blind counts: designing against anchoring at the cash drawer
Showing a cashier the expected amount before they count invites them to match it. How a blind count works, and what it costs.
UX designBehavioural designPOSRead - 20 Sept 2026 · 6 min
Empty is not zero: designing number inputs for money
Why a blank cash field and a 0 mean different things in a POS, and the small input rules that keep a cash count honest.
UX designFormsPOSRead
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