Hello.
I'm Lane Garner,
a design-focused frontend
software engineer based
in Austin, Texas.
My specialty is the
front of the frontend.
See my work.
I build
fast
interfaces
and
design systems
What I do
Design systems
Design tokens and components that survive contact with more than one platform. This site runs on tutti-ui, my React + React Native system.
Product engineering
I build and ship whole products, backend included. GarnerGuitar.com has paying students; Rhythm Fit works in a basement gym with no signal.
Accessible craft
Semantic HTML, keyboard-first interactions, WCAG 2.2 AA. Controls should look like what they do and answer every action with feedback. If the focus order is wrong, the work isn't done.
Side Projects
Passion projects, built nights and weekends because I wanted them to exist. Some solve my own problems, like a workout app that works in a basement gym with no signal. Others are things I wanted to own end to end, like a design system that ships to web and native from one set of tokens. Each card links to a write-up with the decisions behind the build.
tutti-ui
A cross-platform design system for React and React Native
32 accessible component families, one set of design tokens, 27 of 32 ported to React Native, with 600+ tests and a live Storybook. This site is built with it.
Rhythm Fit
Offline-first workout tracker with a streaming AI coach
A React Native app built for real gym conditions: every mutation lands locally first, syncs when a connection returns, and works with no backend at all. The AI coach streams NDJSON; accessibility is WCAG 2.2 AA.
Tribe Tracker
Social habit challenges with a grounded AI coach
Compete with your people on habits. Offline-first sync, real-time group chat, and an AI coach that reads 14 days of real check-in data and falls back to deterministic stats when the model fails.
GarnerGuitar.com
A Stripe-powered guitar course platform
The payments-to-content pipeline paying guitar students actually use: server-gated lessons, signature-verified Stripe webhooks, signed Cloudflare Stream video URLs, and guest checkout that links purchases to accounts created later.
shedr
A musician's practice toolkit that lives on your music stand
Practice log, Web Audio metronome and drone (Tone.js), a chromatic tuner built on ml5.js pitch detection, recordings, and repertoire tracking. An earlier project, still live and still in use.
My work is design focused, and my background as a musician inspires creativity throughout the development process.