Natan Santolo
The Index
10 articles · 2012 to 2026

The Index

Everything I have written here, newest first.

  1. 2026 Building Grasshopper What happens when you give an augmented designer a weekend and Claude: building a free, open-source mentoring platform through human-AI collaboration.
  2. 2025 I Went to Fusecon and the Most Provoking Idea I Heard Was About a Potato When a dinner conversation about potatoes sparked more insight than an entire day of AI presentations, I realized what's been missing from conferences lately.
  3. 2025 I Saw Chapter 2 and I Can't Wait for Chapter 3 A Thai dancer, a chat window, and the most compelling case for human-AI collaboration I've seen on stage. This is what augmentation looks like when it's done right.
  4. 2025 The Calendar Invite That Almost Drove Me Mad When a simple calendar invite caused existential panic, it became the perfect example of why context matters in UX design. A practical exploration of user perspective and human-centered design principles.
  5. 2025 I Wrote A Book For Designers About AI The moment I knew I had to write this book happened during what should have been a routine coaching session.
  6. 2016 Scrolling performance How I fixed janky scrolling UIs, and the mental model I still use to keep interfaces smooth.
  7. 2016 Awesome Web Components Why web components still matter, where they shine, and how to use them without forcing them everywhere.
  8. 2016 Angular Switchery A practical case study on wrapping a UI library inside AngularJS without breaking two-way data flow.
  9. 2013 Currying with JavaScript A practical introduction to currying, and when it helps you design cleaner JavaScript APIs.
  10. 2012 Todo App with Chico UI A small historical demo that taught me enduring lessons about UI libraries, scope, and product focus.