
A Knitting Design Story
Phase Knitting Yarn The first sighting Look at all ye yarn, oh so many choices to make Blank canvas, we meet again Endless possibilities So many combinations of stitches from knits, purls, to yarnovers So...
Many voices. One Flagrant.
Phase Knitting Yarn The first sighting Look at all ye yarn, oh so many choices to make Blank canvas, we meet again Endless possibilities So many combinations of stitches from knits, purls, to yarnovers So...
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August 13, 2025
“I have three therapists and I’m working through it …” - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Designing variations of mobile screens for a mobile driver license application Skill-sharing and learning about other client projects—cross-pollination on the design side
August 7, 2025
“cold water, or stormy beans” - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Implemented an event page and event index for upcoming XO Ruby events. Dropped some new portfolio work on the Flagrant website Attended RailsConf 2025 Dove deeper into tailwind building process and learned
August 7, 2025
“figma the conflict is inside YOU this isn’t our problem” - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Deferred long running reporting/exporting jobs to background workers that update their progress, and automatically download upon completion. Made many attempts to design marketing
July 18, 2025
“At the end of the day: capitalism.” - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Employed dialogs with the help of hotwire to manage context menus, drawers and slideouts. Designed a modal to complete a donation and payment processing Creating a new proposal layout and design for
June 12, 2025
“in the peanut butter castle, it is I” - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Setup configurable open graph images, titles, and descriptions on the Training Tracking marketing pages Found a way to compare two “indicators”, each comprising three separate sets of four dimensions/values.
June 12, 2025
“if we demonstrated this in a flow diagram it would win a spaghetti award” - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Paired on an algorithm to calculate certification compliance on a construction project with a complex tree of contracts and subcontracts Adapted a simple conditions field
June 11, 2025
“did you ever braid your 3 rat-tails together” - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Refining a logo that the client suggested for their application Designing a way to communicate a phone or email’s validity and stats based on usage within a communication system. Got lost in
June 11, 2025
“did you ever braid your 3 rat-tails together” - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Refining a logo that the client suggested for their application Designing a way to communicate a phone or email’s validity and stats based on usage within a communication system. Got lost in
May 30, 2025
“The Devil Wears Product” - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Drove 1400 miles to attend conferences in Atlanta, GA and Greenville, SC MRO Americas 2025 Grok Conf Continued learning about Chart.js, specifically using bar charts and how to
March 27, 2025
“Have you done your selfie audit?” - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Designed filtering, sorting, pagination, and tagging components for data tables in a client app where users manage a student roster. Implemented a bar chart using Chart.js. Created a blank state for charts when
March 27, 2025
“I only have two brain cells and they’re both competing for third place” - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Learned about Prawn (PDF library) finally Submitted a lengthy response to a questionnaire for a State government agency about our capabilities. Designed a A/B Test pause
March 20, 2025
“The algorithm is a bad boyfriend, DUMP HIM!” - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Started a new client project! Finished a client proposal and shipped it Refined first step in an email/text messaging wizard Just about wrapped up on a new conference website design
March 19, 2025
In a world of constantly emerging and changing technologies, it is (and has been) important to ensure digital products are accessible. According to the United States Census Bureau, 25% of US adults have a diagnosed and disclosed disability. Adhering to accessibility standards is not only the law
March 19, 2025
“Glaze up my nose goblins” - overheard at Flagrant What we did: Built a DropDownSelect Component in React to wrap the basic html select Wrestled database records stored with timestamps and time zones to their proper calendar days Shipped an involved UX redesign of a core