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Rebuilding our design system from the ground up

Noah AndersenNoah Andersen · Developer Advocate5/16/2026
Rebuilding our design system from the ground up

Rebuilding our design system from the ground up

Why we invested in tokens, primitives, and documentation — and what it unlocked for the whole team.

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