Grant Pedersen · New York

Minerva's Tools

Independent product · Product design and frontend engineering

Minerva's Tools is an independently designed and built suite of 45 privacy-first, browser-native utilities for designers and developers. I took it from product concept through a shipped React and TypeScript implementation, creating the interaction system, reusable tool architecture, accessibility layer, and ongoing release workflow.

Role

Solo product designer and frontend engineer. I own product direction, interface and system design, implementation, QA, deployment, and continued iteration.

Product Scope

The live suite spans 45 focused utilities across color, layout, image, developer/data, generator, and converter workflows. Each tool is designed to help someone complete one practical task quickly, without an account or sending their work to an application server.

Product Principle

Small utilities should feel immediate, trustworthy, and coherent. The product pairs strong defaults and direct manipulation with shared interaction patterns, while keeping core processing in the browser.

Focus areas

  • Product Design
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Accessibility