Building a design system that lasts

A design system isn't a component library — it's a shared language. Here's how we think about keeping ours coherent as the team grows.

Start with tokens

Every durable system begins with primitives: color, spacing, and type scales that everything else references.

Consistency is a feature, not a constraint.

• Name things by intent, not appearance.
• Document the "why", not just the "what".