Design Systems Mindset

How leaders think about design systems.

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Making sense of Team Topologies

A simple introduction to organizing successful teams

There's nothing wrong with waterfall

What agile gets wrong and why waterfall isn't the problem

Design systems are product operating systems

Design systems should be the foundation of everything, not just design

Declarative design systems and workflows are like pizza

The difference betwee declarative and imperative, and why it's important

Four essentials of design system and product success

What does it take for a design system or product to succeed?

Is your design system solving the right problem?

What problems does your design system solve, and is it the right one?

HTML still matters

Even in the world of design systems, the basics of well written HTML and CSS are as important as ever.

What is a design engineer?

What are design engineers, and what makes them different from frontend engineers?