My primary design tool for 4+ years, from early wireframes to polished prototypes and handoff-ready specs.

Since the 2025 release, I’ve been actively building mobile-first sites with this new web layout tool, bypassing dev handoff.

Since the 2025 release, rapid prototyping, experimentation, and custom tool publishing to the Make community.

Light usage over the past few years for promotional slide decks.

Extensive background in Photoshop and Illustrator that spans well over 10+ years. Experienced using AI tools in Photoshop.

For several years, I’ve been using this AI-powered suite of photo tools to augment beyond Photoshop’s capabilities.

My central hub for specs, research, and team knowledge — kept structured and accessible across teams.

Manages sprints, backlogs, and delivery — keeps me aligned with engineering and product stakeholders.

Used for lightweight project tracking and task management with a visual, board-based approach.

A go-to for collaborative sessions, ideation, and mapping out high-level features and flows with Project Managers.

My primary LLM for research, writing, reasoning, and summarizing — central to how I think through problems.

Built custom Gems to shape LLM output for specific tasks, and used extensively for drafting business plans.

Used in collaboration with Word docs (and occasionally for LLM testing) — a practical AI layer within my existing Office workflow.

Investigating for design-to-code and automation workflows — assessing how it fits into my process.

Evaluating as an AI-assisted layer inside Figma for research and ideation. Still forming a view.

Tracking this space but pay-to-play has limited deep exploration. Figma Make covers most of my needs despite its integration limits.

Primary channel for async comms and stakeholder coordination across distributed teams.

Used in enterprise environments where Teams is the default for meetings and internal communication.

Primary tool for remote meetings and design reviews, tightly integrated with my Workspace setup.

Used for external calls, user interviews, and cross-org syncs — a staple for client-facing work.

Everyday environment for writing, data, and file management — where thinking gets structured and shared.

Used for stakeholder reporting and enterprise deliverables where Office is the standard.

Surfaces real user behaviour to inform design decisions with evidence, not assumptions.

Extracts customer signals from sales and success calls to shape product and design direction.