There's a project the team and I still think about often, one that never moved forward at all. It's stuck with me for what it taught us about the questions we ask before the work ever begins. A little while back, we here at Baseline were
Why we started flagging scope gaps instead of estimating around them
Names are how your system explains itself. To designers, engineers, and AI.
I just got back from 2026’s Figma Config, held in San Francisco, and I’m still sorting through everything I saw and heard while I was there. But after some rest and getting over the annual Config Cold 🤧, I’m excited to share many of my thoughts about what’
Announcing our partnership with Southleft, what we're watching at Config, and why we've been telling some teams to hold off.
And why it has less to do with your system's polish than you might think
What a good contribution process is actually protecting
What a good engagement actually leaves behind
Documentation that looks complete but isn't useful. Token foundations under pressure. Slot architecture on a live project.
What you find when you audit a design system you didn't build, and why most of it makes more sense than it looks
These past few days have felt like a lot. On top of everything, there's been new tools, strong opinions, and a constant stream of hot takes about what all of this means for design. I shared a short post about it, mostly as a reminder to myself, and
Over the past year, I’ve been watching MCP tools quickly make their way into conversations and workflows around design systems. I’ve been really curious, but if I’m being completely honest, I’ve also been a bit intimidated. Our industry moved quickly before the introduction of AI, and