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Design systems following the philosophy "Strong Opinions, Weakly Held" are the sweet spot. Having a consistent reference for stuff like "what's the standard co
by brotchie 3y ago
Design systems following the philosophy "Strong Opinions, Weakly Held" are the sweet spot.
Having a consistent reference for stuff like "what's the standard color gradient for a Generative AI placeholder" is hugely valuable, BUT UXD / Engineering must have leeway to interpret the spirit of the system and not be forced into pixel-perfect adherence.
Experienced this 1st hand with earlier version of Material Design. SO MUCH WHITE SPACE! This is fine for some use-cases, but when you're building an internal tool for technical users who need an information-dense experience, following padding / margin guidelines is sub optimal.