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October 5, 202619 min read
UI/UX Design / Frontend Development
The Invisible Work: Designing for Cognitive Load
A developer's guide to cognitive load: expose hidden mental work, preserve task context, and build interfaces that support understanding without hiding decisions.
UI/UXCognitive LoadInteraction Design+3
September 28, 202619 min read
UI/UX Design / Frontend Development
The Confidence Trap: Cognitive Bias on Both Sides of the Screen
Cognitive bias shapes users and the teams building for them. Learn to question interface framing, test assumptions, and separate confidence from evidence.
UI/UXCognitive BiasUser Research+3
September 19, 202619 min read
UI/UX Design / Frontend Development
The Shape of Understanding: Why Chunking Is More Than Breaking Things Up
Chunking is more than dividing content into cards. Learn to group meaning, preserve context, and test whether your interface helps people understand.
UI/UXChunkingInformation Architecture+3
September 5, 202620 min read
UI/UX Design / Frontend Development
The Decision Tax: When More Options Make an Interface Worse
Choice overload is not a magic number. Learn how to structure options, comparisons, defaults, and filters so users can choose with confidence.
UI/UXChoice ArchitectureInteraction Design+3
August 29, 202618 min read
UI/UX Design / Frontend Development
The Novelty Budget: Why Good Interfaces Borrow Before They Invent
A practical UI/UX framework for deciding which interface conventions to preserve, where novelty creates value, and how to test unfamiliar patterns.
UI/UXInteraction DesignDesign Systems+3
August 26, 202625 min read
Full Stack Development / Project Management
Full Sail, Finished: We Did It
A celebratory Full Sail Web Development reflection on finishing the degree, earning honors, and thanking the people who helped me get there.
Full Sail UniversityEducationWeb Development+7
August 22, 20268 min read
Backend Development / Data Analysis
Turning GitHub Language Stats Into a Profile Snapshot
A release note and developer case study for profile-language-metrics, a Python GitHub Action that generates a polished language snapshot SVG for profile READMEs.
PythonGitHub ActionsAutomation+5