Design systems and AI, from TJ Pitre, Figma's Product Architect for AI and Design Systems and founder of Southleft. My thoughts are my own.
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Design Systems Are a Collection of Decisions
I keep coming back to a fairly simple way of thinking about design systems: they’re collections of decisions.
Use this component for this job. Use this token instead of an arbitrary value. These are the supported states. This is how we han...
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I’m TJ, Product Architect, AI & Design Systems @ Figma | Founder/Owner of Southleft. I build things and share them here.
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