AI · Productivity
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Mindship
AI-powered project management for turning ideas into focused, executable work.
Product StrategyUX DesignAI Product Development
Product Designer
& Builder.
I design, code and leverage AI to turn ideas into products people actually use.
From strategy and UX to engineering and automation, I help ideas become products.
01Product Thinking
02UX Design
03Frontend Engineering
04AI Workflows
Featured Work
Products shipped with intention.
A selection of products spanning AI, marketplaces and music — shaped from idea to launch.
Automotive · Marketplace
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ZaaCars
A South African car marketplace connecting buyers, sellers and dealerships.
Product DesignMarketplace UXDevelopment
Music · Platform
03
Rollouts
The link in bio built for musicians, releases and fan journeys.
Product StrategyUX DesignFrontend Development
Smart Home · Services
04
Betta Home
A digital home for South African smart-home installation services and solutions.
Web DesignService UXDevelopment
Selected Brands
Brands I've worked with.
Experience across global platforms, enterprise teams, public-sector work and property-led digital products.
Google
Meta
TikTok
Ecolab
Strika
SANRAL
Microsoft
Lobster Inc
Redefine Properties
Standard Bank
How I Work
A loop, not a waterfall.
01
Discover
Understanding users, goals and problems.
02
Design
Turning ideas into intuitive experiences.
03
Build
Developing scalable digital products.
04
Amplify
Using AI and automation to accelerate execution.
The Multiplier
AI as a teammate.
I use AI to accelerate research, prototype ideas faster, automate repetitive work and increase execution speed without sacrificing quality.
01
Research
Synthesising signal from noise, faster.
02
Prototyping
From rough idea to working artefact in hours.
03
Documentation
Clear specs, decisions and handoffs on demand.
04
Automation
Removing repetition from the execution loop.
Philosophy
Ideas Deserve Execution.
The best ideas mean very little until they reach real people. I enjoy taking products from concept to reality — continuously learning, refining and improving along the way.
Toolkit
What I work with.
Product
- —Product Strategy
- —User Experience
- —Wireframing
Design
- —Figma
- —Design Systems
- —Prototyping
Engineering
- —React
- —Next.js
- —Firebase
- —Supabase
AI & Automation
- —ChatGPT
- —Codex
- —Workflow Design
- —Prompt Engineering
About
LH · 2026Johannesburg, ZA
A designer who codes. A builder who thinks in products.
I'm Lincoln Hlongwane; a South African product designer, developer and entrepreneur. I enjoy building products for creators, businesses and communities, with a particular soft spot for the spaces where music, technology and people meet.
I work across the full arc: framing the problem, shaping the experience, writing the code and getting it into people's hands. Lately, a lot of that work happens alongside AI.
Contact
Let's build something useful.
Have an idea worth shipping? I'm always open to a conversation.