Bulletproof Design Systems
summary
Builds a pragmatic path: pick a pilot project that can cover 80/20 rule components, run a CSS audit (found an example with 30 font-size declarations), inventory UI patterns in screenshots, then ship a React component library with Storybook, unit tests and axe accessibility tests wired into CI. Uses a governance model of cross-team champions and measures adoption by component imports — observed UI library market share 65→70% as a success signal.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction and survey
- 1:08What is a design system
- 3:18Visual consistency matters
- 7:58Why design systems fail
- 8:20Research and pilot projects
- 10:27CSS audit and interface inventory
- 13:19Adoption and user research
- 15:04Maintenance and testing
- 16:49Accessibility in design systems
- 18:59Automated accessibility checks
- 20:46Documentation and growth
- 23:16Team models for collaboration
- 25:46Measuring design system success
- 27:35Key takeaways
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