Karl Emil James Koch.Equal parts designer & developer
Design Engineer at DuckDuckGo
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I’m currently the inaugural Design Engineer at DuckDuckGo, leading the design and frontend of our AI-Assisted Answers as part of our core Search product.
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- 18 Jul 2025
The Roadmap to Design Engineer Unlock your design engineering potential with AI tools like Cursor and MCP—where creativity meets technical precision for revolutionary innovation.
- 09 Jul 2025
On having an opinion Bold design decisions in the AI era: why user testing isn't enough, and the comeback of opinionated interfaces that challenge the status quo.
- 02 Jul 2025
Siri vs. AI Chatbots Siri's original 2011 demo anticipated today's AI chatbots, yet Apple's vision of invisible integration trumps conversational interfaces
Music I've Written
Simulacra Hive Mind ✺ 2024 ✺ E.P.
Ever After Echoes ✺ 2022 ✺ E.P.
2029 Echoes ✺ 2022 ✺ Single
Pyre Echoes ✺ 2022 ✺ Single
Bad Dream Slowdance ✺ 2019 ✺ L.P.
Cornerstone Echoes ✺ 2017 ✺ L.P.
A Year in the Light Echoes ✺ 2016 ✺ Single
The Pursuit Echoes ✺ 2014 ✺ L.P.
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