Effective design and engineering collaboration
summary
Argues that shared vocabulary plus practical tools cut wasted work: Yelp builds a design system, audits it and discovers it split into three dialects, and a single inset change once cascades to 100 files changed. Engineers and designers create automation: a Yelpcons icon build system that converts SVGs to platform packages via Jenkins so designers stop exporting icons, and sketch generators from code that auto-publish Sketch files. Also prescribes checklists, co‑seating, offsites and explicit tracking to catch edge cases early.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 5:38Rhetoric & Organizational Culture
- 12:01What Designers Want You
- 13:49What Engineers Want You
- 19:08Practical Tips
- 23:55Your Existing Tools
- 26:20Sketch Generator
- 28:23Long Story Short
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