Notes on design systems.

Writing from inside the work: what’s changing, what still holds, and what the day-to-day looks like right now.

Notes on design systems.

Writing from inside the work: what’s changing, what still holds, and what the day-to-day looks like right now.

Notes on design systems.

Writing from inside the work: what’s changing, what still holds, and what the day-to-day looks like right now.

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Recent posts

Oct 29, 2026

The Window With No Buttons

Why the terminal feels so unfamiliar to designers, and how to read it anyway

Oct 29, 2026

The Window With No Buttons

Why the terminal feels so unfamiliar to designers, and how to read it anyway

Sep 15, 2026

Reading JSON Without Reading Code

The shape behind your tokens, screens, and pull requests

Sep 15, 2026

Reading JSON Without Reading Code

The shape behind your tokens, screens, and pull requests

Aug 28, 2026

The Reach and the Recipe

What MCP and Skills are, and when to use each

Aug 28, 2026

The Reach and the Recipe

What MCP and Skills are, and when to use each

Aug 20, 2026

Naming the Middle

Notes on the semantic layer of a design system

Aug 20, 2026

Naming the Middle

Notes on the semantic layer of a design system

Aug 6, 2026

Room to Be Loud

Brand and product want different things, and both do better with their own space.

Aug 6, 2026

Room to Be Loud

Brand and product want different things, and both do better with their own space.

Jul 29, 2026

Between the Lines: July 2026

A couple of new training clients, what we heard on a recent discovery call, and the harder question we’re working through about who design systems are really for.

Jul 29, 2026

Between the Lines: July 2026

A couple of new training clients, what we heard on a recent discovery call, and the harder question we’re working through about who design systems are really for.

Jul 22, 2026

The Project We Walked Away From

What it takes to see your own organization clearly

Jul 22, 2026

The Project We Walked Away From

What it takes to see your own organization clearly

Jul 15, 2026

The Guess Dressed Up as a Plan

Why we started flagging scope gaps instead of estimating around them

Jul 15, 2026

The Guess Dressed Up as a Plan

Why we started flagging scope gaps instead of estimating around them

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Made by hand in Framer

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Made by hand in Framer

© 2026 Baseline Design, LLC

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Made by hand in Framer

© 2026 Baseline Design, LLC

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Made by hand in Framer