John Forbes. Design Engineer / Solution Architect

I architect and deploy enterprise solutions using a stack of no/low-code & AI tools. I also use illustrations to solve problems and tell stories.

Featured Projects

Featured projects

Scaling a goal tracking framework from 15 to 2,000 employees with Pinterest.

Scaling a goal tracking framework from 15 to 2,000 employees with Pinterest.

How to scale goal setting and tracking as a rapidly growing org.

Pinterest

CodaJiraGoogle Sheets

ProductOS with Coinbase to scale and collaborate.

ProductOS with Coinbase to scale and collaborate.

How to launch products when hype is high and regulatory roadblocks are many.

Coinbase

CodaJiraGoogle SheetsSlack

Bridging the gap between planning and doing with Miro.

Bridging the gap between planning and doing with Miro.

A partnership in co-marketing, co-using, and ProductOps.

Miro

MiroCodaRiverside.fmLivestormIllustratorCamo Studio

ProjectOS with Netflix to enhance visibility and collaboration.

ProjectOS with Netflix to enhance visibility and collaboration.

Freedom and transparency - instilling company values with all things project mangement.

Netflix

CodaMiroAirtableAsanaGoogle Sheets

Featured blog posts

Building software applications without code

Building software applications without code

August 17, 2023

Joining Coda, a new doc for makers

Joining Coda, a new doc for makers

October 1, 2018

The UX of homegrown apps

The UX of homegrown apps

December 6, 2019

For the tech-stack curious: Many of the featured solutions were created using Coda — a documentation platform that enabled application prototyping — during my 5+ year tenure there. I also utilize Figma, Notion, AirTable, Zapier, CRMs, Accelo, Jira, Google, Riverside, Slack, Asana, and Miro.