about

engineer and designer. i build software that prioritises craft — things that feel right as much as they work right.

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who i am

i'm vlad — a ui/ux engineer who works across the full product stack. i'm most at home at the intersection of design and code: the layer where something stops being a mockup and starts becoming real.

i build for the web with TypeScript and React, for Apple platforms with Swift and SwiftUI, and tie it all together with Node.js on the backend.

i care deeply about performance, accessibility, and interfaces that don't get in the way of people trying to do things.

what i value

simplicity as a hard-won outcome. simple things are usually the result of a lot of difficult decisions, not an absence of thought.

writing to think. i keep notes, write things out, and often find i don't understand something until i've tried to explain it.

craft over cargo-culting. i try to understand the tools i use rather than reaching for the popular choice.

Machine MacBook Pro 16″ M3 Pro
Editor Neovim + VS Code (for large projects)
Terminal Ghostty + Fish shell
Design Figma
Browser Arc / Safari for daily use
Notes Obsidian
Headphones Sony WH-1000XM5
Desk Flexispot E7 + Walnut top
Photography Coffee Mechanical keyboards Open source Type design Functional programming Urbanism Cycling Film photography Reading System design Music production