<description>&lt;p&gt;Davy and PJ tackle the notorious difficulty of naming in design systems, advocating for human-readable, descriptive language over &amp;quot;cute&amp;quot; metaphors and discussing how AI is making file cleanliness more critical than ever.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Davy and PJ tackle the notorious difficulty of naming in design systems, advocating for human-readable, descriptive language over &quot;cute&quot; metaphors and discussing how AI is making file cleanliness more critical than ever.

Ep 92: Naming is Hard

<description>&lt;p&gt;Davy and PJ discuss a potential trend of major design systems going from public to internal only, stressing that public documentation is the ultimate forcing function for quality and a huge win for the community.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Davy and PJ discuss a potential trend of major design systems going from public to internal only, stressing that public documentation is the ultimate forcing function for quality and a huge win for the community.

Ep 91: The Erosion of Open Design Systems

<description>&lt;p&gt;Davy and PJ talk about the term &amp;quot;craft,&amp;quot; emphasizing that high-quality design work requires designers to understand engineering constraints and that a good design system needs to provide education, not just components and prototypes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Davy and PJ talk about the term &quot;craft,&quot; emphasizing that high-quality design work requires designers to understand engineering constraints and that a good design system needs to provide education, not just components and prototypes.

Ep 90: WTF is Craft

<description>&lt;p&gt;Davy talks to PJ about his trip to see Figma&amp;#39;s slots conference, formerly known as Schema. We talk about the releases and rejoice on a focus on the main editor again.&lt;/p&gt;
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Davy talks to PJ about his trip to see Figma&#39;s slots conference, formerly known as Schema. We talk about the releases and rejoice on a focus on the main editor again.

Ep 89: Figma Slots Conference

<description>&lt;p&gt;Davy talks to friend of the program, Ben Callahan from Sparkbox about his series The Question, which brings together design system designers bi-weekly to share and learn collaboratively in a 60-min workshop. &lt;/p&gt;
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Davy talks to friend of the program, Ben Callahan from Sparkbox about his series The Question, which brings together design system designers bi-weekly to share and learn collaboratively in a 60-min workshop.

Ep 88: Stay in Learning Mode w/ Ben Callahan

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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