I Stopped Building the Design System First
The instinct to lay a solid foundation before drawing a single screen is backwards. Building the system alongside the screens is what makes both finish on time.
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Building and maintaining design systems across organizational change. Token architecture, component libraries, and systems that survive rebrands, regulatory shifts, and team transitions.
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Built a Figma design system at seed stage, then rebuilt it twice for a rebrand and clinical regulation. Token architecture absorbed ~40 features and two team transitions with zero sprint delays.
The instinct to lay a solid foundation before drawing a single screen is backwards. Building the system alongside the screens is what makes both finish on time.