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Building a Design System That Actually Gets Used

ACAlex ChenAug 15, 20261 min read30 views
Building a Design System That Actually Gets Used

Start with Real Screens

Extract tokens and components from shipped work rather than designing components in a vacuum.

Document the Why

Explaining when to use a component is more valuable than just showing what it looks like.

Make Adoption Easy

If using the design system is harder than not using it, teams will route around it.

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Product designer turned full-stack engineer. Sharing notes on design systems and developer craft.

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