Maya Gao is a product designer at GitHub passionate about bringing clarity to technical complexities and building foundations for early stage products.
Previously she worked on software that connect learnability and flexibility in the realms of map design, internal operations, and programming.
Experience
Projects
Foundational UI for AI integration
An early design system for AI integration throughout the Replit IDE
The Retool IDE
Balance learnability & ergonomics for the core Retool editorRetool Components API
Define components & layout primitives for internal software
Mapbox Studio
Tools for designing custom maps & creating spatial data
Writings
Reimagining the Retool IDE
A journey to bring big changes to life
Create intuitive interfaces for complex apps
Introducing the Sidebar Frame
Introducing Mapbox Dataset Editor
Creating & editing geospatial data in the browser