A product designer who can't leave it at usable.

Research, usability testing, design systems, accessibility: I was trained in all of it and I take it seriously. Most of what I make stands on that work.

But usable has never been enough for me. I want the thing to have a feeling. Some small moment a person still remembers after they close the tab.

I have more ideas than projects to put them in, so I build my own. This site is one of them, vibe-coded until it looked like me instead of like a template.

I'd rather try something and find out than talk myself into the safe version.

-Rae
Rae

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A product designer who can't leave it at usable.

Research, usability testing, design systems, accessibility: I was trained in all of it and I take it seriously. Most of what I make stands on that work.

But usable has never been enough for me. I want the thing to have a feeling. Some small moment a person still remembers after they close the tab.

I have more ideas than projects to put them in, so I build my own. This site is one of them, vibe-coded until it looked like me instead of like a template.

I'd rather try something and find out than talk myself into the safe version.

-Rae
Rae

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