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
Founder & Principal
— 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