Thinking Things Through
Hardik PandyaEverything I write about my experiences is born out of empirical learnings and everyday observations. These’s obviously bias in these notes but since there’s a great dearth of honest personal accounts of people in tech, I hope this serves as a useful one.
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LLMs don’t think in design systems
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Making your design system LLM-readable
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Head of Design & AI Principal at Atlassian • Previously, SVP Design at Unacademy, Design Lead at Google Search & Google Cloud • [email protected]
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