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Design Systems WTF — 56 episodes
Is Governance Just Theater?
What do the Config 2026 announcements mean for design systems?
Is driving adoption just a polite way of begging
If AI can generate your design system docs, what does that say about how valuable those docs were in the first place?
Is Figma holding design systems back?
How do you make developers to care about your design system?
Is a design system mandate worth fighting for?
Does your design system need a PM?
What do you actually test?
Do MCPs care more about patterns or components?
Are we delighting enough in our design systems?
Do our design systems give new joiners anxiety?
What will happen in design systems in 2026?
What's with the emotional baggage with design systems?
Are we reducing complexity with design systems??
Episode 44 - Should we care about consistency?
Are we finally at the point of contextual documentation?
Can you actually measure the ROI of a component?
Should designers know how to code?
Are accessibility guidelines enough to be inclusive?
Are design systems a dead end?
How big is too big for a design system?
When is OK to snowflake?
How much is too much documentation?
Where should design systems sit in your org?
Should we get rid of infinite scroll?
Do design systems make teams go faster?
Why isn’t contribution the answer?
Live from Converge 2025: When should we be using AI?
Why aren’t people contributing to the design system?
Where can AI actually help with design systems?
Live from Hatch: Do we need to stop making components?
Why do we need to care more about patterns?
How should we version design systems?
Has AI made everyone a designer? A spicy conversation with Pablo Stanley
WTF happened at Config?
How do you prove the value of design systems?
They downsized the design system team; how do we survive?
What’s keeping design systems people up at night?
Should Figma be the source of truth?
Is using a pre-built frontend library realistic?
Future-proofing your design system
How do we get past the MVP state?
Building delight into your design system
Building a Global Design System
Our design system Valentines
Flexibility in Design Systems
Design System Contributions
Design Systems Contracting
Design Systems Help Desk
Design Systems Careers
Design Systems and Accessibility
Should I use tokens today?
AI and Design Systems
Rewarding Contribution
Getting buy-in for your design system