good morning, lovely.

I don't let the idea get lost in translation

I build things that solve a real problem and I sweat the details most people skip. Currently shipping at a SaaS company you've probably never heard of.

Janice Policinski • Design Engineer

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What I’ve built

Some of this was work. Some of it was just for fun. A peek into my world.

a few things I’m proud of

Thumbnail · the Folders tree, inherited vs. direct access (4:5)

Product Design · Permissions · 2025

Designing permissions people can actually trust

Owned end to end, design through frontend. Unblocked a stalled customer migration.

ReactOpenFGAPermissions
Capture · cursor trail, halo and ripple states (16:9)

Interaction · 2025

Cursor study

Cover · source-attribution chat (16:9)

AI · Trust & Verification · 2025

Designing for AI — trust, verification, and getting out of the PM's way

AI chat with inline source attribution, and a global beta toggle replaced with granular per-feature access.

0→1
AI search, built
1
manual toggle, gone
Cover · token map, before and after (16:9)

Design Systems · Tokens · 2025

The theming migration — AI as a craft multiplier, not a shortcut

A hex-value codebase rebuilt on semantic tokens, with AI doing the mechanical half of the migration.

~75%
less rework time
300+
files migrated
Scan · three gouache studies of the same jug (3:5)
Still life, three ways
Scan · sketchbook spread, brush pen and wash (1:1)
Sketchbook pages
Capture · the major/minor grid, subdividing live (4:3)

Toy · 2025

Grid toy

Thumbnail · org reach across three products (4:5)

Process · Leadership · 2025

Leading prototyping practice across an entire design org

Evaluated 20+ tools, then made prototyping standard practice across three products.

PrototypingEnablement
Capture · the three families, set against the minor grid (3:1)

Type · 2025

Specimen sheet