Design systems: worth building in-house?

Our in-house system took a year and two people. Adopting an open source one would've been faster, but customization hurts.

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I think design systems sound simple until you try building one with real constraints.

fair, but I'd still try it once

this. so much this

We tried design systems last quarter, worked great for small stuff, got messy at scale

Yeah, it got messy at scale for us too.

Emir Kaya · 1 likes

Would love to see actual data on design systems instead of vibes. Anyone have links

My manager read one article on design systems and now it's our whole roadmap lol

Yeah, roadmap by article.

agree mostly, though not for every case

As someone who does this for a living, the biggest cost with design systems is the stuff nobody puts in the demo

lol my cat has stronger opinions on it than I do

The beginner friendly path for design systems is way better than a year ago, that part is underrated!

Jiho Lee · 0 likes

Is anyone else tired of the hype around design systems, feels like every other post is about it :)

Fair enough

Yeah, the hype gets tiring.