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Design Systems WTF is a business podcast hosted by zeroheight. It has 49 episodes, with the latest published March 2026.

A podcast from zeroheight.Let’s be honest, design systems are full of choice wtf moments. Michelle and Luke, two of our resident design advocates, are attempting to combat this with a new regular series, where they answer a single question around design system troubles every two weeks. 

business ·en-us ·49 episodes

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Does your design system need a PM?

2

What do you actually test?

3

Do MCPs care more about patterns or components?

4

Are we delighting enough in our design systems?

5

Do our design systems give new joiners anxiety?

6

What will happen in design systems in 2026?

7

What's with the emotional baggage with design systems?

8

Are we reducing complexity with design systems??

9

Episode 44 - Should we care about consistency?

10

Are we finally at the point of contextual documentation?

11

Can you actually measure the ROI of a component?

12

Should designers know how to code?

13

Are accessibility guidelines enough to be inclusive?

14

Are design systems a dead end?

15

How big is too big for a design system?

16

When is OK to snowflake?

17

How much is too much documentation?

18

Where should design systems sit in your org?

19

Should we get rid of infinite scroll?

20

Do design systems make teams go faster?

21

Why isn’t contribution the answer?

22

Live from Converge 2025: When should we be using AI?

23

Why aren’t people contributing to the design system?

24

Where can AI actually help with design systems?

25

Live from Hatch: Do we need to stop making components?

26

Why do we need to care more about patterns?

27

How should we version design systems?

28

Has AI made everyone a designer? A spicy conversation with Pablo Stanley

29

WTF happened at Config?

30

How do you prove the value of design systems?

31

They downsized the design system team; how do we survive?

32

What’s keeping design systems people up at night?

33

Should Figma be the source of truth?

34

Is using a pre-built frontend library realistic?

35

Future-proofing your design system

36

How do we get past the MVP state?

37

Building delight into your design system

38

Building a Global Design System

39

Our design system Valentines

40

Flexibility in Design Systems

41

Design System Contributions

42

Design Systems Contracting

43

Design Systems Help Desk

44

Design Systems Careers

45

Design Systems and Accessibility

46

Should I use tokens today?

47

AI and Design Systems

48

Rewarding Contribution

49

Getting buy-in for your design system

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