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Design systems
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Design systems
Figma Dev Mode and Code Connect: what they solve and what they don't
Dev Mode and Code Connect help developers go from design to code. What each does, what plans they need, and the question neither of them answers.
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Design systems
Your AI agent does not know your design system
AI agents write UI that compiles, passes tests and quietly skips your design system. The mechanics behind it, and the two layers that keep it in check.
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Design systems
A design system audit in one afternoon
An honest first picture of how far your product has drifted, in one afternoon: a twelve-step checklist, the commands to run and a form for the results.
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Design systems
The W3C DTCG token format: what the standard finally settled
Six years after the group formed, the design token format has a stable version. What 2025.10 settled, what changed from the 2022 draft and what to check in your files.
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Design systems
Naming design tokens: three tiers that survive a rebrand
Flat names like blue-500 break the first time the brand changes. Three tiers of tokens keep component code untouched through a rebrand and a dark theme.
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Design systems
How to measure design system health instead of guessing
Most teams judge their design system by feel. Four signals (divergences, reach, bypasses and time to fix) give design, engineering and leadership one shared picture.
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Design systems
Why production quietly drifts from your design system
Drift between design and code rarely comes from one big mistake. Here is where it comes from, why nobody sees it and when it starts to cost real money.