Many voices. One Flagrant.
“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...
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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
August 6, 2025
As some of you might know, Flagrant partnered with Ruby Central to provide design support for the recent RubyConf in Chicago by creating the website, signage, and (my favorite), the t-shirt design! While at the conference, I got lots of people asking about the t-shirt and wanting to know more
August 6, 2025
Your product isn’t the destination, it’s the airport Navigation design for websites and digital products typically follow common, well-known UI patterns. Product teams adopt and adhere to these common patterns. These patterns help users orient quickly, contributing to a sense of ease and
July 31, 2025
At the final RailsConf in Philadelphia, Flagrant wanted to provide attendees with a fun and unique selfie wall where they could capture their conference memories! The goal of the design was to give a nod to the Rails community and some of the tools that developers use in tandem with Ruby and
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 18, 2025
At the 2024 RailsConf in Detroit, it was announced that RailsConf 2025 would be the final RailsConf put on by Ruby Central. While we are sad to see this conference end, we also look forward to all that Ruby Central has in store for its future as they pivot their full focus to RubyConf—their
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 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 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
June 5, 2025
Every now and then I wonder if (or how much) I really like programming, or if it’s just something I do as a job or because I’ve done it for so long. Then I remember that in my free time I will play programming games. Programming games? Games about programming. Games where you program. Some of
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
