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  • April 20, 2026

    I built the prototype before I opened Figma

    On a tight timeline at Lirio, I skipped the usual wireframe-to-handoff loop and scaffolded a working prototype in Cursor before touching Figma at all.

  • March 16, 2026

    Agentic Plumbers

    What a plumber's three rules taught me about AI, agentic systems, and what we're all quietly becoming.

  • September 4, 2025

    Is AI like Grunge?

    A grunge kid’s take on what this moment in tech really feels like.

  • July 27, 2025

    That one time I did a take home design exercise and regretted it

    A take-home test, some red flags, and a decent Figma file.

  • June 20, 2025

    Another moment of metamorphosis

    A product designer's journey reinventing his career around AI partnerships and LLMs - exploring professional metamorphosis when job titles don't exist yet.

  • June 11, 2025

    Building a prototype for an unfinished design

    Anxiety and stress, due to a tight timeline, were alleviated thanks to AI-assisted coding and a new approach to design.

  • May 23, 2025

    Designing with AI: My first attempt at blending traditional UX with modern tools

    Using AI-assisted coding and LLMs to accelerate requirement writing while revisiting dusty front-end skills I hadn't touched in years.

© 2026 Geoff Alday

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