- Joined
- Feb 2026
- How they joined
- Directly
- Before Cognition
- Uniswap LabsStaff Designer
- Status
- Current
“i never thought i’d be a brand designer merging PRs and yet it’s now commonplace”
- On Cognition's tooling culture he wrote, verbatim: "i never thought i’d be a brand designer merging PRs and yet it’s now commonplace".Oct 27, 2026i never thought i’d be a brand designer merging PRs and yet it’s now commonplace
- He announced the product consolidation publicly, verbatim: "Windsurf is coming under the Devin umbrella!"; Windsurf (the Codeium IDE Cognition acquired in 2025) being folded into the Devin brand falls squarely in his brand-lead remit.Jun 2, 2026Windsurf is coming under the Devin umbrella! https://t.co/hWd66QZflx
- LinkedIn announcement, verbatim: "very excited to be joining Cognition as brand lead!" (132 reactions).Feb 23, 2026very excited to be joining Cognition as brand lead!
- Current role is Brand Lead at Cognition.
- Listed as co-author (with Katie Cheng) of Cognition's FrontierCode 1.1 eval blog post, handling the design/visual side of the release.Jul 7, 2026
- Credited a Cognition launch as "a team effort with the Josephs and @katiiecheng!", naming collaborators Joseph Zhang (@josephhhhz, brand designer, ex-Windsurf) and Katie Cheng.May 18, 2026
- Teased "new Devin site coming soon!" in May 2026.May 18, 2026
- Posted, verbatim: "i’m putting together a team" (166 likes).May 10, 2026i’m putting together a team https://t.co/MkhqAntGkS
- Verbatim: "another cool thing we've been cooking— @jhanikhil got Devin to run on the VT100 from 1978"; he art-directed the product shot using Flora AI styled after vintage computer product photography.Apr 28, 2026another cool thing we've been cooking— @jhanikhil got Devin to run on the VT100 from 1978 i used @floraai to put the VT100 into a studio shot based on old computer product photography. wild time-saver if you don't have time to actually set up a studio shot of your device https://t.co/kvGKfvjztE
- Announced a speaking slot, verbatim: "super excited to be speaking here tomorrow—almost completely sold out but if you’re in the area snag one of the last few workshop tickets for @kentcdodds!!"Nov 1, 2026super excited to be speaking here tomorrow—almost completely sold out but if you’re in the area snag one of the last few workshop tickets for @kentcdodds!!
- Design worldview: "i’m officially calling for the debeigeification of tech" (86 likes); he repeatedly criticises beige, high-contrast-serif "claudeslop" AI aesthetics.Oct 28, 2026i’m officially calling for the debeigeification of tech
- Recounted Uniswap Labs events he designed: "24 team soccer tournament in Buenos Aires, a cafe popup in BA, uno tournament in Singapore, cafe popup in NYC", matching his Staff Designer, Events & Marketing role.May 16, 2026
Events & Marketing
Developed a brand identity for a separate product, before moving to the design systems team to overhaul and chart a future vision for Carta's product design system.
Began my design career as a freelance, delivering design, lettering, art installations and illustration for clients across a broad range of industries, including clients such as Airbnb, Google, Meta, Target, Disney, Patagonia, Honey, Intercom and the Detroit Lions.
i never thought i’d be a brand designer merging PRs and yet it’s now commonplace
the cognition will continue until morale improves
Windsurf is coming under the Devin umbrella! https://t.co/hWd66QZflx
another cool thing we've been cooking— @jhanikhil got Devin to run on the VT100 from 1978 i used @floraai to put the VT100 into a studio shot based on old computer product photography. wild time-saver if you don't have time to actually set up a studio shot of your device https://t.co/kvGKfvjztE
GPT-5.5 🤝 Devin
very excited to be joining Cognition as brand lead!
super excited to be speaking here tomorrow—almost completely sold out but if you’re in the area snag one of the last few workshop tickets for @kentcdodds!!
there's a whole world beyond prompting. who knew https://t.co/M8rVGOt2yW
mclaren just went from supercar brand to discount department store suit label https://t.co/BjpAp7dn5k
excited to announce that my delts have moved to san francisco to join the growth team at a startup https://t.co/oPkcpNm4hl
i’m putting together a team https://t.co/MkhqAntGkS
i often forget how much merch i have designed that i have not properly documented
