Hi, I'm Micah Johnson

10 years building systems. 47 tracked experiments. 155 scripts reduced to 13. I document what works in AI-native development—with real data.

By day, I architect systems on the Webflow Marketplace team, building developer experiences that serve thousands of creators. By night, I'm building WORKWAY—an open-source marketplace for TypeScript workflows, running on Cloudflare's edge.

I'm also co-founder of Half Dozen, where we build operating systems for the live events industry—venues, promoters, and agencies running on clean system design.

What I'm testing

Can you build production systems with AI as a development partner—not just a code generator? CREATE SOMETHING tracks the experiments: 6-hour builds vs 20-hour estimates, $18.50 API costs for full features, 92% script reduction through systematic methodology. Real data, honest failures, reproducible results.

Texas A&M. UI/UX Certification from Boulder Digital Arts. Career path: Webflow development → API integrations → marketplace architecture → full-time system design. The thread: automation and developer experience.

Based in Kennedale, Texas. Available on LinkedIn for collaboration.

What You'll Find Here

Experiments you can replicate. Papers with methodology and data. Each piece shows what was built, how long it took, what it cost, and whether it worked. No theory without testing. No claims without evidence.

Research Areas

AI-Native Development

Building with Claude Code, Cursor, and agentic workflows. Tracking what actually speeds up development—and what doesn't.

System Architecture

Cloudflare Workers, edge computing, multi-tenant platforms. Real deployments with real costs.

Automation Patterns

From 155 scripts to 13. When to automate, when not to, and how to measure the difference.

Methodology

How we track experiments. How we write papers. How we know when something actually works.