hydroburner · Nikita Makarov, Sr. Product Designer

Selected cases

Design System

−30% Time-to-market

Mobile App Launch 01

−80% Task Success Time

Privacy settings

−45% Churn rate

Things I build

Baby sleep tracker · iOS + Android

Drëmych

Plugin for DesignOps · Automated QA

AxoLinter

Routine tracker · Real-Time Sync

Time Burner

Notes

Oct 19, 20269 min
How this site is built: Astro, one tokens file and an agent that follows a brief
A static Astro site with native CSS, a three.js sphere and a cursor field. What is in the stack, how I worked with Claude Code, and how I got the LCP from 2.6 to 1.66 seconds.
Oct 18, 20266 min
7 places I use AI agents in design work, and where I stop
Ticket clustering, design systems in Figma, plugins and web tools, a full-stack app, native apps, a hackathon game with 3D assets and this site. What I hand to AI agents, what I keep, and how I check the result.
Oct 16, 20264 min
A settings panel that sells: ~20% more self-serve upgrades from locked states
Instead of hiding advanced privacy settings from cheaper plans, I showed them locked. How a tooltip and an Upgrade button turned a utility menu into a growth channel.

One person, the full product cycle

Researcher

Tickets, interviews, market teardowns. Every decision comes with evidence.

Designer

A vague ask becomes a flow people finish, and a system that keeps it consistent.

Builder

I write code with agents and ship it: AxoLinter, Time Burner, this site.

Analysis and iterations

Metrics, analytics, design review. Each next round starts from data.