Now · Anne Birzin

Recently shipped

CockroachDB Cloud's September launch, all at once:

Working on

Thinking about

Previously

Working on

  • Designing a new object model for scaling clusters and capacity, plus agentic surfaces, for CockroachDB Cloud's next chapter.
  • Designing the Migration Assistant that helps teams move their databases to CockroachDB.
  • Writing about how my prototyping workflow has changed.

Working on

  • Designing the Superuser dashboard license management surface in the production CockroachDB Cloud codebase.
  • Wrapping up a navigation redesign exploring new IA models for the cloud console.
  • Documenting how my prototyping workflow has changed.

Thinking about

  • When designing in the production repo pays off versus when a standalone prototype is the better move.
  • How AI changes hand-off between design and engineering.