01 — How I Started Designing
I had a startup I wanted to bring to life, and I needed to create its digital presence. When I started designing its website, I didn’t even know UI/UX existed as a discipline of its own. The more I learned, the more interested I became, until I realized that designing digital products was what I wanted to pursue.
02 — How I Think
Before I start designing a screen, I try to understand what we’re actually solving. Is the problem real, why does it matter to the product, and how can the experience become as frictionless as possible for the user? A good-looking interface is only one part of the work. Working with PMs has also taught me to look beyond individual screens and think about the product as a whole.
That same curiosity pulled me into building as well. Being able to develop what I design for the web significantly shortens the distance between an idea and a working product. I enjoy designing something, seeing it immediately in the browser, testing it, breaking it, and shaping it again.
03 — How I Work with AI
AI is present across almost every part of my workflow, but it doesn’t play the same role everywhere. In research, I can use autonomous agents to explore a much wider surface area. In development, I work with coder and QA agents. In design, I use it for rapid prototyping, exploring alternatives, and challenging my own thinking. When it comes to UX decisions, flows, and product direction, I prefer keeping the judgment with me.
For me, it’s not about letting AI do the work; it’s about knowing what to delegate, what to direct, and where the decision should remain mine.
04 — Why an XP Desktop Portfolio?
I’d wanted to build a personal portfolio for a long time, but the usual scroll-through portfolio never quite felt right to me. Then I came across a web experience built around the Windows XP window aesthetic. XP was also part of my first experience with computers, and the idea immediately clicked: if mobile could feel like a Properties window, why couldn’t desktop become an actual XP-style desktop experience?
The idea kept growing from there. I added windows, personal apps, small details, and easter eggs. Alongside the design, I handled the build, copywriting, SEO, GEO, and deployment myself, turning this site into more than a place that displays my work. I wanted it to become one of the projects that shows how I work.
05 — Outside of Work
Outside of work, I try to enjoy life and appreciate the moments that make it up. I take care of myself, try to live healthy, train, and run. I play games, listen to the music I love, and keep discovering new sounds. And more often than not, I still end up tinkering with something.
I guess the pattern is pretty consistent: enjoy the time I have, discover something new, understand how it works, and if possible, try it myself.