Design SystemsBSPK
Anywhere Real Estate's design system, built from zero for all of its brands. React and Angular libraries share one set of stylesheets, and it became the company's first open-source project.
Brian S. Reed · Design Systems Engineer · Front-End Architect
I build the system other teams build on
Nearly twenty years in software, full-stack early, seven in front-end architecture, the last two leading the engineering group behind BSPK, Anywhere Real Estate's design system and its first open-source project. Design-trained, so accessibility and performance are requirements rather than cleanup. I build with AI tools daily, and systems those tools can see. U.S. Army veteran.
01 · Work
Systems
A design system for ten brands, the tool that builds this page, and a few things built on my own time.
Dev ToolsSkrapa
A zero-config static site generator that renders TypeScript JSX templates and client code into a single HTML file; no framework, no virtual DOM, no third-party bundler. It builds this very site. Written by hand at first, then cleaned up and improved dramatically with Claude Code.
AppsMenu OTP
A native macOS menu bar app for two-factor codes: click an account, its current six-digit code is on the clipboard. Accounts are AES-256 encrypted with the key in the login Keychain, and no secret ever leaves the Mac. Rewritten with AI from a memory-hungry Electron app into a light native Swift one.
Dev Toolsdev.localhost
A native Mac menu bar app that turns localhost:PORT into a real https domain, at a .localhost name or one of your own. It starts, stops and opens the log of every dev server, and nginx runs as you, so none of it asks for a password.
Everything is designed. Few things are designed well
Brian S. Reed
02 · Experience
Work & Impact
Senior Software Engineer / Front-End Architect
Compass (formerly Anywhere Real Estate)
- Built BSPK, Anywhere's design system, from zero as its only engineer, then led a team of three to 86 React components, 10 brand themes and 62 releases.
- Built the Figma plugin that syncs 2,000+ design tokens into per-brand stylesheets, with a build check that fails on any unknown token.
- Ported BSPK to Angular with AI coding tools: 88 components on the same stylesheets, rendering the same DOM for assistive technology.
Senior Software Engineer / Front-End Lead
Butterfly Network, Inc.
- Ran the team's process as Certified ScrumMaster, cutting defects and rework through tighter acceptance criteria and front-end testing.
- Led the shared React component library behind a cloud-based enterprise SaaS platform.
- Partnered with product and design to turn business requirements into technical specifications and well-scoped stories.
Senior Software Engineer (Frontend Focused)
CoStar Group
- Rearchitected a large shared React UI library used across multiple business units for long-term maintainability.
- Owned component API design and documentation patterns, setting standards for reusability, accessibility, and performance across desktop and mobile web.
Available for work