Preet Suthar

Design engineer

I am a freelance design engineer working on interfaces, typography, and small tools. I build products end-to-end: design, code, and the small details that make software feel resolved.

Currently taking on new client work. You can book a call or write to me on Telegram.

Work

• Vellem - A lightweight terminal-based Gmail client.
• ikiform - Build Forms, Collect Responses & Analyze.

Experience

• Emergente Labs - Design Engineer
• SolCard - Design Engineer
• 21st - Brand Ambassador
• Inbound - Design Engineer

Writing

• Progressive blur
• Optimistic UI without the lies
• Stop managing focus traps manually
• Scroll-driven animations without JavaScript
• Accessible by default is easier than accessible by audit
• Prompt workflows in production
• Prompt engineering is system design
• Why button labels should not change width while loading
• Tabular numbers
• Skeleton, spinner, or nothing?
• Empty states that actually help users
• Why most loading states feel fake
• Design to code is a skill
• How to think like a design engineer
• Micro-interactions that matter
• You don’t need useEffect
• Spacing systems that make interfaces feel calmer
• Finding the overflow culprit
• Truncating URLs the right way
• What designers mean by “this feels off”
• Clean imports in Next.js
• Get the default font size