ABOUT
Leading design, staying close to the work.
I'm Allie Thu, a design leader and builder at GitHub. I lead Core UX Design, a team of designers and design engineers working across design systems, accessibility, and shared platform experiences.
I set direction and help people make clear decisions. I stay close enough to building to test ideas myself, often by making a prototype or mapping the experience. I'm drawn to problems that cross teams, especially when ownership is unclear or people keep solving the same thing from scratch.
WHERE I FOCUS
Design systems
Shared foundations teams build on, so nobody solves the same thing twice
Accessibility
Quality measured by who gets considered, not just what ships
Shared platforms
The experiences every team inherits, whether or not anyone owns them
AI in design
What agents do well, and where human judgment still has to carry it
Accessibility has shaped how I think about quality, systems, and who gets considered in product decisions. Right now, I'm especially interested in how AI changes the way products are designed and built. I'm exploring what agents can do well and where human judgment still matters.
I've spent more than 15 years in design and technology. Outside work, I'm usually with my family, getting outside, lost in a good story, or watching more reality TV than I planned.