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Cover image for Most sites tell you they're
Most sites tell you they're premium. Almost none of them make you feel it. I spent the last stretch building thirteen concept sites chasing that difference, and the thing that kept proving itself is that the feeling comes from motion you control, not motion you watch. Four are real-time 3D in the browser. A crystalline brand hero turning under studio lighting, a perfume landing lit entirely by a real HDRI environment, a neural field of instanced particles for an AI product, an architectural monolith that reveals itself out of near-black. The other nine are scroll-scrubbed video, where you drag a whiskey pour or open a box or drive into a sunrise at whatever pace you want. The visitor is the animator, which is a very different thing from watching an autoplay loop. I design it, build it, and ship it myself, so there's no handoff where the feeling leaks out between the mockup and the browser. Two things I learned that I'd want someone else to know. If you light a translucent material without a real environment map, your scene renders black. Lighting is not polish you add at the end, it's a design decision you make first, before you have anything to look at. And if you want video to scrub frame for frame off scroll position with no stutter, re-encode it all keyframe. Every frame becomes a seek target. Most people fight that stutter in JavaScript when the fix lives in the encode. Who it actually serves is anyone selling on craft rather than spec. Fragrance, architecture, spirits, dev tools. The interaction buys a few more seconds of attention right where the headline and the call to action live, and those seconds are usually the whole game. All thirteen are live and interactive, and labeled as concepts because that's what they are. Still chewing on one thing. Where's the line where motion stops serving the brand and becomes the thing people remember instead of the brand? https://xkaii.studio/ui-ux-designs/
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Cover image for Mending Indigenous Spirits: one home
Mending Indigenous Spirits: one home for a Sonoma County nonprofit Mending Indigenous Spirits is a Northern California nonprofit running recovery meetings, cultural events, an artisan market, trainings and a wellness team. All of that was already happening. It just had nowhere to live online. I rebuilt their site so the whole range of the work sits in one place, on the phone, which is where most of their community finds them. I did it pro bono. I still run it. Who arrives, and how The organization supports relatives walking the Red Road and Wellbriety paths of recovery, survivors of domestic violence, unhoused relatives, youth and elders, families affected by Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons, and Two-Spirit relatives. People often come to it on a hard day. That set the tone for every decision after it. Calm, legible, quick to read on a phone held in one hand. Structure before design Seven programs with nothing holding them together. Any design I put on top would have made it worse, so I mapped the whole range first: Vision, Team, Events, Wellbriety meetings, Artisan Market, Shared Journeys, Trainings. The architecture is the reason it still isn't cluttered two years in. The look Deep charcoal grounds, teal and warm gold, serif headings that carry weight without raising their voice. I wanted the culture to live in the structure and the typography rather than sit on top as ornament. How it's built Next.js and TypeScript over a PostgreSQL database. Events, meetings and trainings are records, not pages anyone re-edits, so the organization adds to the site instead of redesigning it. There's an admin behind all of it, switched off at their request. They send me the news and I publish it. What it has carried The events hub ran their Protect Our Children youth design contest end to end, from the call for entries through to three winners in August 2026. The winners page and the campaign flyer went live the day the board approved them. Still mine to look after The work started in 2025, the rebuild launched in 2026, and I've kept it running since. "Fred stepped up and took the initiative to clean up, rebuild, and reestablish our website. He brought a fresh perspective and created a more polished, welcoming, and well rounded face for our organization. His time, effort, and dedication have helped us present our work, vision, and services in a way that better represents who we are and the communities we serve." "We are truly grateful for Fred stepping up and helping bring our website back to life." Angelica Aviña, Board Chair, Mending Indigenous Spirits
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AI Table Booking Agent — Automated Reservations This AI Table Booking Agent automatically handles reservation requests, checks availability, and books tables without manual coordination. The agent collects customer details, verifies availability, and confirms bookings instantly — improving customer experience while reducing staff workload. What this agent does • Collects customer name, date, time, and party size • Checks availability automatically • Books reservations in real-time • Sends confirmation messages • Prevents double bookings • Updates booking database automatically How it works Customer submits booking request (chat, form, or website) Agent checks availability Creates reservation Sends confirmation Logs booking in system (Google Sheets, CRM, etc.)
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