ashes dusted away in morph, in that moment next I’d be.. for now, here I am, grappling in just being..

Decent coder | Frequent flight catcher | Collector of stories

Engineering Manager. 10+ years leading teams through platform transformations. Writing about engineering leadership, modernization, and AI-native workflows.

Product designer

Occasionally trying to write more serious stuff, but I'm not sure it's worth the effort. Prove me wrong, dear readers :)

VP of Design at Medium. Words, design, community. Leading w/ kindness. Prev. @ Lattice, Webflow, Glitch, Mozilla, etc. cassiemcdaniel.com

VP, Product Design at HBO Max. Formerly Director of Experience Design at TED. Better after a nap.

Programmer, Photographer, gigapanner, author, geowanker, maker, bricoleur. I used to write code and make maps and I might again.