Writing
Design, engineering, AI, and the experiments that feed the assistant. Paul's voice, in the first person.
What I mean when I say AI-native
August 10, 2026What AI-native actually looks like for a designer who ships whole products: the method, what a decade of hand-coding buys you, and where it falls down.
How I got here
June 15, 2026From photo editor at the NBA, to a decade in design, to building real products with AI. The long way to AI-native product designer.
Building GamerStats.gg: A Cross-Platform Gaming Stats App
March 8, 2026How I built a full-stack gaming profile app end to end: Steam, League of Legends, World of Warcraft, and AI chat, all in one place.
Local LLMs - RTX 4070
January 19, 2026Testing local LLM and image generation apps like ComfyUI and InvokeAI on Windows.
Local LLMs - MacBook Pro M1
December 3, 2025Documenting how I spun up local language and diffusion tools on my MacBook Pro M1
Laughing Through Sora 2 Experiments
November 8, 2025How I'm remixing prompts, taming AI slop, and polishing the Sora icon for my site.
Chasing the Perfect AI Headshot
October 3, 2025Fresh prompts beat edits; small tweaks distorted features
Backend Update & Supercharging My Workflow with AI
September 12, 2025Supercharged workflow with Cloudflare and AI tools
Learning React (and building two little games)
June 20, 2025A designer's first real step into building. The Scrimba React course, two capstone games, and what finally clicked.