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Design systems that teams actually use

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Isaac Anonuevo

May 22, 2026 · 5 min read

Most design systems die from neglect, not from bad components. The trick is treating adoption as the real deliverable.

Tokens before components

Color, type and spacing tokens are the contract. Get them right and components become a thin, swappable layer on top.

Document by example

Every component ships with the three states people actually need: default, loading and empty. Real examples beat prose every time.

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