I'm a software engineer by education who spent eight years designing products. I like the messy start of a product and everything that comes after it, all the way to production.
Most of my work happens in the gap between a product decision and the thing actually existing. Eight years designing products, three building them — which means I can argue about a flow in the morning and have it running by the afternoon, instead of writing a spec for someone else to interpret.
The tools change, the approach doesn't: get close to the real problem, build something rough enough to react to, then cut until only what matters is left. A working prototype settles arguments that a mockup never will.
I'd rather settle a product question by building the thing than by arguing about a mockup. A rough working version tells you in ten minutes what a review cycle won't tell you in a week.
no handoff required.
A flow that can't be built the way it was drawn isn't finished. Knowing the component system, the data underneath and the states nobody asked about is what makes a design hold up in production.
code is the artifact.
Work that ships teaches you things work that doesn't never will. I'd rather put a smaller version in front of real people this week than a complete one next quarter.
small, often, real.
J. García López, S.A. de C.V.
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Building something where design and engineering shouldn't be two separate jobs? Send it over. I read every message.
Mao Lop
Open to Design Engineer, Product Engineer and AI Product Engineer roles — full-time or contract.
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