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About
Nearly two decades at the intersection of design and code. Guided by simplicity, structure, and the discipline of leaving things out.
AboutWork
I build interfaces that hold up under scrutiny — design systems, component libraries, and the invisible layer of decisions that makes a product coherent. For most of the last decade, that work was at XING, Europe’s leading professional network.
See selected workWriting
Essays on design, code, philosophy, and the examined life. Published here since 2007.
Latest Essays
- From Bookmark to Brain: A streamlined pipeline that turns saved links into lasting knowledge
- Agentic Note-Taking: Transforming My Obsidian Vault with Claude Code
- 15 Years at XING: Reflections and a Farewell
- OK, Boomer: A Post-War Psychoanalysis
- From Typewriter to Split Keyboard: How I Fell in Love with Typing
- The Modern Atlas Shrugged 3: The Strike
- The Modern Atlas Shrugged 2: The Looters in Action
- The Modern Atlas Shrugged 1: The Signs of Decline
- Fuck you, Sonos: Journey of Disappointment and Search for New Audio Solutions