<description>&lt;p&gt;Davy and PJ dive into the Zeroheight's 2026 Design Systems Survey to figure out why 61% of teams are drowning in work while a third of them still have "no plans" to automate—plus, Davy forces PJ to listen to some truly questionable AI-generated design jokes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Davy and PJ dive into the Zeroheight's 2026 Design Systems Survey to figure out why 61% of teams are drowning in work while a third of them still have "no plans" to automate—plus, Davy forces PJ to listen to some truly questionable AI-generated design jokes.

Ep 98: Zeroheight's 2026 DS Report Chatter

<description>&lt;p&gt;Davy and PJ dive into the future of &lt;strong&gt;design tokens&lt;/strong&gt;, exploring how to &amp;quot;tokenize everything&amp;quot; from complex color transformations (OKLCH) to &lt;strong&gt;utility tokens&lt;/strong&gt; for motion and content strings.&lt;/p&gt;
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Davy and PJ dive into the future of design tokens, exploring how to &quot;tokenize everything&quot; from complex color transformations (OKLCH) to utility tokens for motion and content strings.

Ep 97: Tokenize Everything

<description>&lt;p&gt;Davy and PJ discuss why the future of design workflow isn't just better handoff—it’s starting with the code itself.&lt;/p&gt;
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Davy and PJ discuss why the future of design workflow isn't just better handoff—it’s starting with the code itself.

Ep 96: Trying Out New Tooling

<description>&lt;p&gt;Davy and PJ discuss the "liability" of stale documentation and why AI still needs human oversight. They explore using Figma’s API to automate visual updates and kill the "pain in the butt" of manual maintenance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Davy and PJ discuss the "liability" of stale documentation and why AI still needs human oversight. They explore using Figma’s API to automate visual updates and kill the "pain in the butt" of manual maintenance.

Ep 95: When Docs Becomes a Liability

<description>&lt;p&gt;Building vs. Inheriting: Davy and PJ discuss the performance cost of design system dependencies. Learn how to choose the right framework without bloating your system or losing control of your architecture.&lt;/p&gt;
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Building vs. Inheriting: Davy and PJ discuss the performance cost of design system dependencies. Learn how to choose the right framework without bloating your system or losing control of your architecture.

Ep 94: Tech Dependencies

Davy and PJ, design system practitioners talk about design-led product ownership, scaling and adoption, community and engagement, design system team models, and much more. 

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