Journal · 2026

Field notes from the studio.

What we learn building products in public — engineering, design systems, performance, and the unglamorous practices that keep software alive past year two.

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Jul 25, 2026

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Mobile performance is a product decision

Every hundred milliseconds you add to first paint is a percentage of your funnel. Performance budgets belong in the brief, not the retro.

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Jul 19, 20264 min

Design systems for teams that move fast

A design system is not a component library. It is a shared set of decisions that stops your team from re-litigating spacing every sprint.

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Jul 07, 20265 min

Shipping software that survives year two

Most products do not fail at launch. They fail eighteen months later, when the shortcuts compound. Here is how we build for the second year first.

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