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5 Ways Design Handoff Breaks (and How Teams Fix Each One)
The gap between a Figma file and a shipped component is where projects slow down. Five failure patterns we see repeatedly, with practical approaches for each.
Figma Variables to CSS Custom Properties: A Practical Guide
Figma Variables look like CSS custom properties but they are not the same thing. This guide walks through the mapping, the edge cases, and the naming conventions that keep both sides in sync.
Why Design Systems Fail at the Code Boundary
Most design systems are brilliant up to the moment someone has to write code from them. The failure is not in the design file. It is in how decisions move across the boundary.
Building a Component Library Directly from Your Token File
When your token file is the source of truth, your component library can be derived from it rather than duplicating it. Here is a workflow for making that work with Tokens Studio and a React target.
Tailwind vs CSS-in-JS When Your Design System Generates Code
The framework choice matters more when the code is generated than when it is written by hand. We looked at what each output target does to the generated component and where the trade-offs land.
The Real Cost of Handoff Friction on a Product Team
Handoff friction is not just slow. It reshapes team culture over time. Design reviews turn into negotiation sessions. Engineers start guessing. We looked at what that actually costs across a product cycle.
Why HTML Prototypes Beat Click-Through Tools for Component Testing
Click-through prototypes are fast to assemble but they lie. Real component states, focus behavior, and responsive layout only show up in HTML. Here is how we think about prototype fidelity.
Atomic Design Meets Component Code Generation
Brad Frost's atomic model maps more cleanly onto code generation than most design system practitioners realize. How atoms, molecules, and organisms translate into a component tree that a generator can walk.
Migrating Sketch Files to React Components Without Losing Your Mind
Sketch still runs large parts of the industry. When the time comes to modernize the front end, the design file is both the biggest asset and the biggest problem. A path through the migration.
Type Scales and Spacing Systems: Where Tokens and Code Finally Agree
Typography and spacing tokens cause more handoff disputes than color does. Designers think in scales; engineers think in pixels. How a shared token vocabulary closes the gap.
Component Variants as Code: Mapping Design States to React Props
A Figma component with 12 variants does not automatically become a clean React component. The mapping from design-side variant names to prop shapes is where most code generation tools cut corners.
Design Systems at Early-Stage Software Companies: When to Start
The usual advice is to wait until you have a mature product. The actual cost of waiting is higher than most teams expect. What a design system at the early stage looks like and when it starts paying off.