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Dmitry (Dee) Kargaev

Product designer turned AI engineer. 15 years in design, ex-Lead Product Designer at VALK ($4B+ volume, 70+ banks, 15 countries). Building AI agents and open-source tools from LA.

Location Los Angeles, California Joined Joined on  Personal website https://deeflect.com github website twitter website

Education

BS Computer & Information Systems Security, Moscow State Linguistic University

Work

Founder at Dee Agency · AI & Design Consulting

SEO Is Dead? No. But the Game Changed.

SEO Is Dead? No. But the Game Changed.

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The Distribution Problem Nobody Talks About

The Distribution Problem Nobody Talks About

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castkit: CLI Demo Videos From One Command

castkit: CLI Demo Videos From One Command

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31 Rust CLI Tools Built for AI Agents

31 Rust CLI Tools Built for AI Agents

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The 3-Month Gap: Building AI Agents That Actually Work

The 3-Month Gap: Building AI Agents That Actually Work

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Universal MCP Server: Two Tools, 56 APIs

Universal MCP Server: Two Tools, 56 APIs

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Prompt engineering is dead

Prompt engineering is dead

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I Stopped Posting on Twitter for 2 Months

I Stopped Posting on Twitter for 2 Months

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My coding stack is 4 models deep

My coding stack is 4 models deep

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0 to 500 Twitter Followers in 30 Days

0 to 500 Twitter Followers in 30 Days

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Building 7 Apps at Once as a Solo Founder With ADHD

Building 7 Apps at Once as a Solo Founder With ADHD

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Why AI Products Have Terrible UX

Why AI Products Have Terrible UX

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How ADHD and AI Work Together (My Real Stack)

How ADHD and AI Work Together (My Real Stack)

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Why I Left My Role as Solo Product Designer at VALK

Why I Left My Role as Solo Product Designer at VALK

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When design stops being enough

When design stops being enough

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The unglamorous work that makes design real

The unglamorous work that makes design real

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When your company pivots and your design work stops mattering

When your company pivots and your design work stops mattering

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Agency vs product design - why I'm not going back

Agency vs product design - why I'm not going back

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Four years designing one product

Four years designing one product

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Accessibility in fintech is legally required, not optional

Accessibility in fintech is legally required, not optional

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Designing Merlin for 5 million Ledger Live users

Designing Merlin for 5 million Ledger Live users

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Moving doesn't fix your design problems

Moving doesn't fix your design problems

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Designing financial UI for 15+ countries

Designing financial UI for 15+ countries

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Designing for users you cannot talk to

Designing for users you cannot talk to

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Why your design system probably does not work

Why your design system probably does not work

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Designing DeFi for people who hate DeFi

Designing DeFi for people who hate DeFi

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Data tables are the hardest UI problem nobody talks about

Data tables are the hardest UI problem nobody talks about

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Scaling a design system to 70+ institutions

Scaling a design system to 70+ institutions

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What seed funding does to design priorities

What seed funding does to design priorities

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Designing finance when you know nothing about finance

Designing finance when you know nothing about finance

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Building a design system from zero at a fintech startup

Building a design system from zero at a fintech startup

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Starting New Design Job During Global Pandemic

Starting New Design Job During Global Pandemic

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