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Big details
I spent three hours trying to fix something in a personal project.
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I’m making a spec for design system documentation
Let me get this out of the way–I have no right to be doing this.
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Testing agents on design systems
Look, I’m no AI expert.
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Don’t talk like them
I don’t like corporate jargon.
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Design system contributions work better when everyone knows your name
If you heard me talk about design system contributions, you know I haven’t been a fan.
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Design systems are today’s cure and tomorrow’s cause of shitty software
Making software used to be easy.
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The many layers of dependencies in design systems
Building a design system from absolute scratch is not a small feat.
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Fame, fortune, and podcasting
I’ve been on a podcast for over four years now.
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Public design systems are worth it
Remember Web 2.0?
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Design system ambassadors–the goldilocks of collaboration
“Ivory tower design system”.
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What I learned from making a (second) mobile app
Every now and then I get an odd tendency to just go off and make something.
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Writing about making a writing app
Prologue: I’m doing it I like writing.
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Planning and design systems–how much time you got?
There are few things more impactful than good planning.
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Buyer beware
I’m going to Config this year.
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Design system documentation is essential–as long as it’s good
Documentation, of all things, is a contentious topic within design systems.
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Maybe this is design technologists’ time to shine
I’ve had a weird career.
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Naming things in design systems–and why it’s the worst
The exercise of naming can easily descend into a mindfuck death spiral.
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I don’t want your email
I don’t know who reads this.
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The existential challenge of design system team morale
What the hell do I know?
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Own what’s yours
It’s 2025.
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Craft and tools and jigs
I wish I would have gotten into woodworking when I was younger and had the time to pursue it.
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Consistency means nothing
Words create a false sense of agreement.
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What I learned from making my own design system
Knowing isn’t understanding.
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AI doesn’t have to be horrible
I like Dave Rupert.
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Everybody reads
If you’ve gotten this far, you’re helping prove my point.
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Design systems and the never-ending job of buy-in
I haven’t talked to a single person working in design systems that wasn’t selling something to someone.
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Color is a four letter word
Profanity can be a remarkable way to get a point across.
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Write like you design
I’ve been working on a post for the past few days (not this one) and it’s not going well.
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I’m making a mobile app
There are few things more liberating than saying, “Fine, I’ll do it myself”.
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An over-analytical analysis of style
Style is consistent constraint.
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Screw it, I’m making a typeface
This post intends to be a journal of my progress with the creation of my own typeface.
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Systems, math and explosions (in no particular order)
Any sufficiently complex system is indistinguishable from chaos1.
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Simple things make things simple
I’m not a complicated guy.
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Measuring design system “adoption”
Measuring design system adoption is like measuring how much you love your children.
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Tend your garden
“I’m too busy to do what it takes to stop being too busy.”
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The English language—A guideline for how not to make a design system
This post was initially published on the Pinterest Design blog.
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An opinionated guide to designing a photography site
I’ve been taking photos seriously for the past five years.
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Making a design system is a people job
Design systems are all the rage.
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Writing is design
I have long held the opinion that writing is crucial to design.
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Everything is a prototype
Interaction design is in constant change.
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Design for speed
Have you ever asked a person a question where there is an unnatural delay in the response?
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In defense of hard
Once upon a time, software was a tool used in a professional setting.