Been building a lot lately — full-stack products, internal tools, APIs and polished web experienc...Been building a lot lately — full-stack products, internal tools, APIs and polished web experienc...
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I designed the MASO brand in Figma. Then I wondered… what if I could show the app actually working?
So I copied my Figma page link, pasted it into Claude Code, and gave it a few instructions.
Oh chim!… it pulled my colours, fonts and logo straight from the file and brought the whole shopping app to life. 😭
From there, it was just a conversation with Claude. I’d tell it what I wanted, make a few adjustments, and keep building from there.
I honestly love this
Being able to present something like this to a client instead of just showing thm static screens makes the idea feel so much more real. They can actually see how the product could work and experience the concept before development even starts.
What do you think?
Designed and developed ClubTree, a SaaS platform that helps membership organizations manage their websites, members, events, and communications from one centralized system.
ClubTree combines a public-facing website with an administrative dashboard, giving organizations the tools to manage membership applications, member directories, attendance, newsletters, documents, and organizational workflows.
The platform was designed around real-world service club needs, with an emphasis on intuitive navigation, role-based access, and simplifying administrative tasks.
My role: Product strategy, user research, UI/UX design, full-stack development, testing, and launch.
Key features:
- Membership applications and directories
- Event and attendance management
- Website content management
- Newsletters and member communications
- Role-based access and administrative dashboards
- Integrated organizational workflows
Outcome: A functional membership management platform with a live implementation for the Rotary Club of Charlottesville.
Going live with one real club in Charlottesville and building around how they actually run is the right way to do it. Club admin tools usually feel stuck in 2010, so this looks like a big upgrade. How did you land them, through someone in the club?
I recently built job URL extraction into JobTrackr, making it possible to paste a job posting link and automatically retrieve available details instead of entering everything manually.
The visible interaction is pretty simple. The thinking and engineering behind it, not quite.
From handling partial results and protecting user edits to safely fetching external data, testing production behaviour, and measuring actual usage, there was a lot to consider.
I documented the process in a new article on my portfolio, complete with interactive demonstrations of how the feature works and some of the decisions behind it.
A little look into how I approach building products, from both the design and engineering sides.