I Built an OSS Tailwind Theme Generator With Claude Code
How I shipped a personality-first design token editor — token architecture, a spec-driven component pipeline, and what it actually looks like to control AI on a real project.
Hi, I'm Alexander.
Design Engineer. Building AI micro-SaaS in public.
I build tools, ship fast, and share what I learn. Working on Canarist, PriceLog, DevPulse, and other micro-SaaS. Client & agency work at Redlogo.
Design SystemsInteraction DesignAI-native toolingShipped in publicComponent APIs
May 6, 2026
Design System from Figma to Production in 24 Hours
Custom Figma plugins, 3-level token architecture, automated sync via n8n, interactive playground. Solo build.
I gave an AI agent deploy access. Then I added a kill switch.
Solo. 5 autonomous pipelines. 3 weeks in, the agent started making calls I hadn't authorized. Here's the approval system I built — and what the research killed before I wrote a single line.
60 seconds to first alert: the onboarding research that rejected everything obvious
Solo. 3 days. No user interviews. Here's what the research killed — and what survived.
I Automated My Daily Marketing Banners. For $1/Month.
How I built a daily banner pipeline — from signal scraping to AI synthesis to Satori-rendered PNG — with zero manual design work.
Building a design system without Figma
How I built 45 components and 130+ tokens for Canarist using a 3-layer OKLCH token architecture — entirely in code, enforced by an AI rule file.