IDEAS, DECISIONS & LESSONS

Journal

Notes on AI, architecture and building useful products.

3 articles

10 Sep 2026 · 6 min read

agentic coding

Beyond the Chatbox: Why Your Next Agent Feature Shouldn't Be a Text Stream

Design agency Wavespace's 'Beyond the Chatbox' framework reframes agent UX around generative UI — tables, forms, and wizards the agent renders on demand instead of a wall of text. A technical lead's breakdown of the pattern, the implementation stack, and a real case study showing 38% faster task completion.

22 Feb 2026 · 37 min read

accessibility

Building KidSpark: UX/UI Design for Children — Age-Appropriate Interfaces That Actually Work (Part 3 of 10)

Part 3 of 10 — Children are not small adults. Designing for a 4-year-old and a 12-year-old requires fundamentally different thinking about touch, color, navigation, and cognitive load.

20 Feb 2026 · 35 min read

edtech

Building KidSpark: Product Design and Feature Prioritization for Kids Ed-Tech (Part 2 of 10)

Part 2 of 10 — Toan had a 47-feature wishlist. Shipping half of them would have killed KidSpark before launch. Here's how we found the features that actually mattered.