Maya Okafor

Crafting calm interfaces

The quiet details that make a product feel considered — and why restraint is the hardest skill in design.

Rails 8 in practice: what's worth adopting today

Solid Queue, Kamal, and the move toward boring, defaulted infrastructure — a field report from production.

Shipping product without drama

A playbook for small releases: scope the slice, protect the cadence, and let quality be the definition of done.

Notes on building a CMS in 2026

Structured content, a real block editor, and the case for owning the tool you publish with.