We use most of the principles of atomic design, but not the terminology. Atoms and molecules and whatnot are a cute analogy but make the concepts harder to expl

We use most of the principles of atomic design, but not the terminology. Atoms and molecules and whatnot are a cute analogy but make the concepts harder to explain, not simpler. It’s pretty simple: Design the smallest bits - headings, paragraphs, buttons etc, and combine them into progressively larger components. Use only those components, adding new ones if absolutely necessary. At work we’re in the process of moving a 20+ year old website with many thousands of pages to a completely component-based system. We’ve gone from about 70 templates to three, massively simplified the stylesheet and increased development speed as new pages are built from ready-made and tested components rather than buildings every page from scratch. By doing this it means that UX, design and code can be kept consistent through design, development and maintenance.