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Notes on design systems.

Writing from inside the work: what's changing, what still holds, and what the day-to-day looks like right now.

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Notes on design systems.

Writing from inside the work: what's changing, what still holds, and what the day-to-day looks like right now.

Posts /

Notes on design systems.

Writing from inside the work: what's changing, what still holds, and what the day-to-day looks like right now.

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Sep 15, 2026

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Reading JSON Without Reading Code

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The shape behind your tokens, screens, and pull requests

Sep 15, 2026

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Reading JSON Without Reading Code

The shape behind your tokens, screens, and pull requests

Sep 15, 2026

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Reading JSON Without Reading Code

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The shape behind your tokens, screens, and pull requests

Aug 28, 2026

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The Reach and the Recipe

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What MCP and Skills are, and when to use each

Aug 28, 2026

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The Reach and the Recipe

What MCP and Skills are, and when to use each

Aug 28, 2026

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The Reach and the Recipe

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What MCP and Skills are, and when to use each

Aug 20, 2026

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Naming the Middle

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Notes on the semantic layer of a design system

Aug 20, 2026

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Naming the Middle

Notes on the semantic layer of a design system

Aug 20, 2026

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Naming the Middle

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Notes on the semantic layer of a design system

Aug 6, 2026

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Room to Be Loud

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Brand and product want different things, and both do better with their own space.

Aug 6, 2026

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Room to Be Loud

Brand and product want different things, and both do better with their own space.

Aug 6, 2026

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Room to Be Loud

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Brand and product want different things, and both do better with their own space.

Jul 29, 2026

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Between the Lines: July 2026

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A couple of new training clients, what we heard on a recent discovery call, and the harder question we're working through about who design systems are really for.

Jul 29, 2026

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Between the Lines: July 2026

A couple of new training clients, what we heard on a recent discovery call, and the harder question we're working through about who design systems are really for.

Jul 29, 2026

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Between the Lines: July 2026

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A couple of new training clients, what we heard on a recent discovery call, and the harder question we're working through about who design systems are really for.

Jul 22, 2026

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The Project We Walked Away From

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What it takes to see your own organization clearly

Jul 22, 2026

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The Project We Walked Away From

What it takes to see your own organization clearly

Jul 22, 2026

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The Project We Walked Away From

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What it takes to see your own organization clearly

Jul 15, 2026

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The Guess Dressed Up As A Plan

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Why we started flagging scope gaps instead of estimating around them

Jul 15, 2026

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The Guess Dressed Up As A Plan

Why we started flagging scope gaps instead of estimating around them

Jul 15, 2026

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The Guess Dressed Up As A Plan

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Why we started flagging scope gaps instead of estimating around them

Jul 8, 2026

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Naming Is The Argument

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Names are how your system explains itself. To designers, engineers, and AI.

Jul 8, 2026

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Naming Is The Argument

Names are how your system explains itself. To designers, engineers, and AI.

Jul 8, 2026

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Naming Is The Argument

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Names are how your system explains itself. To designers, engineers, and AI.

Notes on systems, craft, and the people behind them.

Made by hand in Framer

© 2026 Baseline Design, LLC

Notes on systems, craft, and the people behind them.

Made by hand in Framer

© 2026 Baseline Design, LLC

Notes on systems, craft, and the people behind them.

Made by hand in Framer

© 2026 Baseline Design, LLC

Notes on systems, craft, and the people behind them.

Made by hand in Framer

© 2026 Baseline Design, LLC