For years, the small things needed a champion: the details, the charm, the parts that make a product just feel right instead of merely functional. He was happy to be that champion. Now he just builds them in from the start, because the cost of doing them keeps dropping and a working screen speaks for itself. That's what agentic coding changed for him: less pitching the idea, more showing the thing.

For over a decade he's led product design, pushing for delight, mentoring designers, and chasing the why behind what people do. He's not thrilled about the third person here, but he'll play along. He really does love a good soup, though.