<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Dakota Gillette — Notes</title><description>Short posts on design process, web tooling, and creative work.</description><link>https://dakotagillette.com/</link><item><title>Why I rebuilt my portfolio on Astro (and what WordPress taught me first)</title><link>https://dakotagillette.com/blog/rebuilding-my-portfolio-with-astro/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://dakotagillette.com/blog/rebuilding-my-portfolio-with-astro/</guid><description>The old site ran on WordPress and a page builder. The new one is static, hand-built, and about ten times faster. Here&apos;s what changed and why.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The three-second rule, from billboards to hero sections</title><link>https://dakotagillette.com/blog/the-three-second-rule/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://dakotagillette.com/blog/the-three-second-rule/</guid><description>A highway billboard gets three seconds of attention. So does your landing page. Designing for the skim changes almost every decision.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How I actually use AI in a creative workflow</title><link>https://dakotagillette.com/blog/ai-in-a-real-creative-workflow/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://dakotagillette.com/blog/ai-in-a-real-creative-workflow/</guid><description>Not as a replacement for taste. As a faster way to get to the part where taste matters.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>