Leo Chen / A working journal
Writing.
Working notes on products, design, and technology: the choices behind what we build, and the questions that remain.
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Making Complex Products Work for More People
From NAS devices to AI tools, an examination of where complexity really lives—and which burdens of maintenance, judgment, and risk a product should take on for its users.
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Product
Making Complex Products Work for More People
From NAS devices to AI tools, an examination of where complexity really lives—and which burdens of maintenance, judgment, and risk a product should take on for its users.
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Engineering
Notes on Building a Markdown Editor
What building Zima Folio taught us about Markdown, collaboration, and the product decisions behind a local-first knowledge workspace.