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Aaron Martlage

Aaron loves innovative solutions to complex problems. He's a strategist and designer who fights fiercely for great products. His vast experience and focus on process encourages new thinking in others.

Aug 6, 2026AI

Shifting from n8n to Buzz: Building a Decentralized AI Agent Network

Why moving from traditional step-by-step workflow automation to Buzz gives us the foundation to build, version-control, and orchestrate decentralized AI agent fleets like Alan, Claire, Janice, and Stu.

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Jun 15, 2026Essay

Our Philosophy

We're not hiding from AI. We're pouring 35 years of experience into it so it can build better software faster. Here is how we think about the future of work.

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Sep 5, 2025Design

Unifying Cymbiotika's Digital Experience

Border UX partnered with Cymbiotika to solve digital inconsistency, creating a unified design system that streamlined workflows and ensured brand consistency.

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Aug 2, 2024Design

Time Traveling in the Wayback Machine

The team has a bit of fun with a designathon challenge capturing the trends of the internet of yore.

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Jan 12, 2024Design

Border Acquires Cozy Design

Cozy, a creative agency with a niche in business-to-business and not-for-profit digital design, joins the team

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Nov 30, 2021Design

Helpful Figma Resources

A bunch of links to various Figma resources to get your questions answered.

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Jun 22, 2021Culture

Success vs. Fulfillment

If you're working hard at a dead-end job that pays well, you're probably in it for the wrong reasons.

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May 1, 2021Design

Better Products Start With Learning

Software products pose a dilemma between building features and enhancing fundamentals. We explore three core dimensions to assess and improve your product.

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Mar 18, 2021Design

Migrating Your Design System From Sketch to Figma: Best Practices

Thinking about migrating to Figma? Here are a few tips and tricks on how to structure your components for scalability and efficiency.

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Nov 13, 2020Art

Light After Dark: ENGAGE Event

On December 3, 2020, Border will be hosting our second ENGAGE art show and shindig, this time virtually, featuring the art of Kaori Fukuyama.

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Aug 12, 2020Design

The Holy Grail

We made code-generated Figma components via Holy Grail. It enables designers to style React components directly in Figma and commit changes straight to git.

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