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- Don't Replace Me: My AI Survival Guide Book I wrote a 235-page survival guide for people scared about AI replacing their jobs. 24 rules, honest takes, built with AI itself. Here's what it is and why.
- Why I Left My Role as Solo Product Designer at VALK I was the only designer at a $4B+ fintech platform for 5 years. Here's the real reason I left in 2025 and what I'm building now.
- When design stops being enough After 5 years as VALK's sole designer, I realized I want to build, not just design. On the gap between what I designed and what shipped - and what comes next.
- When your company pivots and your design work stops mattering After 4 years as VALK's sole designer, a major pivot taught me what happens when the product you built quietly gets deprecated - and how to stay.
- Agency vs product design - why I'm not going back After 2 years at a Moscow agency and 4 years as sole designer at a fintech, here's what actually changes when you go from agency to product design.
- Four years designing one product What four years as the sole designer on a fintech product teaches you about depth, restraint, and the trade-offs agency work never prepares you for.