Choose Your Altitude
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On knowing your altitude, pointing your compass, and being unmistakably yourself.
05-18-2026 Choose Your Altitude Being design engineers shouldn't make us less like designers. The work isn't to flatten ourselves into everything, but to know our altitude, point our compass, and walk. The age-old question: should designers code? Code generation is easier than ever, and more of us can make something real enough to click, test, and share. So the question's evolved: should designers ship production code? Roles aren't dissolving so much as getting clearer. The pressure to be everything mistakes access for care, and access is what AI is making cheap. So do all designers need to be
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