KODARA/About
Who's behind Kodara

A generalist
who actually ships.

Kodara is one person: me. That's the point — no handoffs, no telephone game, just senior judgment from first call to final commit.

— The short version

I'm Bryanna Lynae — a designer who learned to engineer, running a one-person practice that does the work agencies need three teams for. Twelve years, both sides of the table, now accelerated by AI.

FOUNDER
Bryanna Lynae
Founder & Principal
Bryanna Lynae
— The path here
2014

Started in the studio

Began as a designer at an agency — brand, print, the occasional website.
2017

Crossed into code

Stopped handing off to developers and started shipping the frontend myself.
2020

Went senior, in-house

Led design-engineering on product teams across fintech, sports, and commerce.
2024

Founded Kodara

Independent practice — strategy, design, and engineering, AI-accelerated.
— How I work
01

Generalist by design

The value is in connecting brand, product, and engineering — not staying in one lane.
02

Bias to shipping

A shipped B beats a theoretical A. Momentum is a feature.
03

Plain language

No jargon moats. If I can't explain it simply, I don't understand it yet.
— What I bring

One brain,
many lanes.

Brand & identity
Design systems
Frontend architecture
Full-stack builds
UX strategy & audits
Design ops
Prototyping
Technical direction
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