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Let me be the first to object to the "rote" classification. Design systems are hard in a way that good design is hard. For the folks in the comments (and in the

• qkeast 3y ago
  I think you're missing some of the nuance in the article. Rote here means that on the industry level, they can feel like an established, everyday, ought-to-be-easy thing—not that they're actually easy. I'm curious, though: what gives you the impression that the person writing the article "seems to have a very cursory understanding of design systems & component libraries?"
  • joduplessis 3y ago
    For me I think the definitions were quite "high level" & broad? Stuff like: > A design system is really a high-level concept uniting various things together around shared objectives. That isn't really true or accurate - design systems aren't abstract things. They're a set of aesthetic relationships/rules that govern appearance. I think maybe a small gripe was the inclusion of component libraries - those are always lumped into the same bucket as design systems by folk who don't really understand design systems. Saying that though, happy to admit I may be wrong.
  • joduplessis 3y ago
    See you're the author - hope I didn't come off as too combative or dismissive. I think my wording could have been a bit lighter (this being the internet and all).