UX Design Lead turned AI builder. 10 years at Mendix (Fortune 500). Now helping non-technical founders ship real products with AI. Built a PWA with Claude API and Deepgram as proof of concept.
I'm Russell Hite, founder of Hite Labs, a development consultancy that helps non-technical founders build AI-powered applications. I spent 10 years as a Senior UX Design Lead at Mendix, a major low-code platform, working with Fortune 500 clients and speaking at the 2019 Mendix World Conference on design systems and expert-level UX. I recently built Hite Labs Connect, an AI-powered networking PWA using vanilla JS, the Claude API, and Deepgram, proving that design-first thinking produces better AI products than starting from prompts or code. I bridge the gap between creative vision and working software for founders who can see the product they want but don't know how to build it. My perspective sits at an unusual intersection: 18 years of UX and front-end experience, deep familiarity wi...