The Lore

For the past 2+ years,I've designed and built websites and apps that turn a business goal into something a real person opens and immediately understands. Then I build it myself, so it actually holds up once it's live.

Right now I'm Design Lead at MetaUpSpace. Most of my time goes into pushing AI into how we design there, and I built a pipeline that cut our token usage by 10x and our design time by around 60%. I've also built full component libraries for two brands, so their teams stop starting every project from a blank canvas. For the actual build, I reach for Next.js, GSAP, and Framer Motion.

Outside of client work, this page is basically my digital diary — the projects, the pivots, and the receipts to back it up.

Professional experience

JUN 2025 — PRESENT

Design Lead

Grew from intern to design lead, now guiding design direction and mentoring the team.

MetaUpSpace

OCT 2024 — JUN 2025

UI/UX Intern

Interned across UI/UX projects, turning rough ideas into polished, usable interfaces.

Techidata

APR 2024 — JUN 2024

UI/UX Designer

Started my design career shaping clean, user-first interfaces and learning how real products ship.

Droppins

What I actually use.

Development
Design
AI

Pros

I speak both design and dev, so I end up being the bridge between those two teams.
Since I know how to build things myself, I design components with real purpose, not just good looks.
I understand AI well enough to build pipelines that make the whole design process faster.
I ship what I design myself, so nothing gets lost between the design file and the actual code.
I built full component libraries for two different brands, completely from scratch.

Cons

I say yes to too many things because I get curious about almost everything.
I overthink the whole process more than I probably should.
I keep finding one more way to make something better, even after it's basically done.
I ask a lot of questions before jumping in, sometimes more than people expect.
I rarely call anything actually finished.

Be a part of my
Journey

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