konigi.com

# Konigi

Konigi is the personal knowledge hub of Michael Angeles, a product designer, writer, DJ, and independent builder based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Konigi focuses on:

- AI-assisted product design
- Design engineering
- Claude Code workflows
- Creative systems
- Independent product building

This site publishes essays, tutorials, resources, and experiments for designers building products with AI.

## Canonical Identity

Person: Michael Angeles

Brand: Konigi

Roles:
- Product Designer
- Writer
- DJ
- Independent Builder

Areas of expertise:
- AI-assisted product design
- Design engineering
- Claude Code workflows
- Creative systems
- Independent product building

Creator of:
- housemusic.is
- The DJ Kit
- Flyr Studio
- DJ Konigi
- Klarita

## Topics

- AI-assisted Product Design
- Design Engineering
- Claude Code
- Product Strategy
- Creative Systems

## Writing

- [How to Research a Company's UX in 30 Minutes Before Your Next Interview](https://konigi.com/articles/how-to-research-a-companys-ux-in-30-minutes-before-your-next-interview): A repeatable workflow for pulling real UX sentiment about any company's product, turning it into talking points, and walking into the interview as a peer instead of a candidate. Worked example with a real company. Includes a downloadable Claude skill.
- [Claude Design has the incumbents scrambling](https://konigi.com/articles/claude-design-has-the-incumbents-scrambling): Anthropic shipped Claude Design a month after Google's Stitch 2.0. Everyone's watching Figma. The tools that should actually be nervous are Lovable, Bolt, and everything in that lane.
- [Think first, prompt later](https://konigi.com/articles/think-first-prompt-later): Generative coding with AI makes building easy. Building the right thing still takes design thinking. Here's why that matters more, not less, in the age of AI.

## Pages

- [About](https://konigi.com/about): Michael Angeles — product designer, former Balsamiq designer for 15+ years, co-author of *Wireframing for Everyone*, now building with AI.
- [Resources](https://konigi.com/resources): Curated tools and links for designing and building with AI.
- [Contact](https://konigi.com/contact): Get in touch.

## Knowledge

- [Konigi Brain (OKF bundle)](https://konigi.com/okf/index.md): A structured knowledge bundle in Open Knowledge Format describing Michael's areas of expertise, the writing and courses that prove them, and how to work with him.

## Feeds

- [RSS](https://konigi.com/rss.xml): Full article feed.