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24 Aug 2026Design Systems

A Fintech Design System Is Not a UI Kit With a Bank Logo

Six months into Valmont, a regulator made me rewrite 30 screens by hand in two weeks. That's when I learned a fintech design system is a regulatory shock absorber, not a UI kit.

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31 Aug 2026Product Design

Enterprise UX Design Services: The Work Nobody Puts in the Portfolio

I sat in a meeting at Valmont and a VP told me my new navigation wasn't 'really design.' He was half right. Enterprise UX design services are the boring work that saves real money, and nobody puts it in a portfolio.

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