Good documentation is vital and shows that you care about your design system and those who will use it. Lacking good documentation practices could spell doom for a design system. — This is an excerpt from a course I have released on Newline, called “The newline Guide to React Component Design Systems with Figmagic”. You might also be interested in my other articles, such as “How To Automate Design Handoffs and Set Up a Design System with Figmagic”.

A diagram can be the difference between an organization of “petty kings” doing their own thing and having actionable plans built on a shared identity: What we need is some kind of governance. — This is an excerpt from a course I have released on Newline, called “The newline Guide to React Component Design Systems with Figmagic”. You might also be interested in my article “How To Automate Design Handoffs and Set Up a Design System with Figmagic”.

How Agile and DevOps can influence a modern approach to the design of software visuals, UX, and interactions. — This is an excerpt from a course I am making with Newline, called “The newline Guide to React Component Design Systems with Figmagic”. You might also be interested in my article “How To Automate Design Handoffs and Set Up a Design System with Figmagic”. From waterfall to DevOps …

One magic, simple concept and a one-stop-shop to contain our design equals one hell of a powerhouse. — What you will learn in this article Learn what design tokens are Learn how you can work with a “structured design” approach This is an excerpt from a course I am making with Newline, called “The newline Guide to React Component Design Systems with Figmagic”. You might also be interested in my article “How To Automate Design…

It’s easier than you think 🍷 and you (probably) don’t even need a lawyer 💸 — What you will get here This article will provide you with a realistic, pragmatic approach and a set of tools to work with open source—just like you’re probably already doing today—but with a stronger backbone and an arsenal of answers when your legal department calls you about ”WTF no one told them you developers use…

Some tips to GTFO 🏃 of the worst “privacy dumpster fires” 🔥 🚒 — To keep this as short as the TL;DR title promises, I cut out a section that…

Don’t laugh too hard—you probably also said some of these things at some point! — For context, I cut these to keep my forthcoming article “GDPR and overall privacy compliance, the TL;DR version” (link coming soon!) short and very TL;DR. You might want to read that one too! Needless to say: I represent only myself and the tone is intentionally a bit snarky. I however…