Q. 01
When laying the foundation for something new, what principles do you refuse to compromise on?
A. A clear user flow and predictable state. If the structure is shaky at the start, every feature added on top of it becomes harder to trust and harder to extend.
Q. 02
How do you ensure an app still feels rock-solid even when conditions aren't perfect?
A. By thinking through the real conditions early. Pagination, media weight, loading states, retries, and edge cases all matter if the product is supposed to feel stable.
Q. 03
What details do you think make the biggest difference between a good interface and a great one?
A. Usually the small interaction details. How images open and close, how comments expand, how a form guides someone forward. Those are the things people actually remember.
Q. 04
How do you leave a codebase in a better place for the next person who has to read it?
A. By keeping logic readable and trying not to be clever for the sake of it. Good structure should make the next feature easier, not force the next person to reverse-engineer it.
Q. 05
How do you bridge the gap between getting a broad feature request and actually executing it?
A. I break it into the actual moving parts first - data, state, screens, edge cases, and where things can fail. Once that is clear, the implementation usually becomes much more straightforward.
Q. 06
Claude vs ChatGPT?
A. ChatGPT, mostly. It fits the way I work - quick iteration, back-and-forth thinking, and tightening ideas while I am building.
