In this revisited supper club episode, Wes and Scott talk with Brad Frost about how to implement design systems in small and large scale projects, best practices around naming things, keeping everything in sync across different codebases, and how design systems help projects.
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Jul 29
1025: The Open Web's second chance (w/ Dan Abramov)
Dan Abramov joins Scott and Wes to explain AT Protocol, the open standard quietly rebuilding the social web. They get into how it actually works, why it’s way bigger than just Bluesky, and why Dan calls it one of the most interesting ideas on the internet right now. Show Notes 00 ... Show More
1 h
Jul 27
1024: Open Models Replace Big AI
A huge week for open models: Inkling (the first big US open-weight model since Gemma 4), Qwen 3.8, and Kimi 3 all dropped. Plus Vue 3.6 RC + Vapor Mode, the slow death of Stack Overflow, a decoy font that blinds AI, and the usual grab bag of fun links. Show Notes 00:00 Intro 00:4 ... Show More
1h 7m
Jul 22
1023: Mosh, Caddy & Tailscale: A Remote Dev Deep Dive
Running your dev process off your main machine doesn’t have to mean the cloud. Scott and Wes break down how to host projects on a box you can reach from any device, close your laptop mid-build, and keep long-running processes alive. They cover Scott’s stack (Mosh, Caddy, Tailscal ... Show More
48m 46s
Sep 2023
462: Refactoring a Design System
This week, Marshall breaks down his process, tips, and tricks to redesign a design system in Figma.The Sidebar:The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to bonus content going forward! Sign up at p ... Show More
47m 33s
Jun 2022
S3 E14 - Maintainable Solutions With Design Systems
Everyone working in application development deals with the problems addressed by design systems. In this Episode, we discuss with Wade Harkins about the benefits of Design Systems, how to implement them with your team, some of the unexpected hurdles that can arise along the way, ... Show More
57m 32s
Dec 2019
327: Organizing Component Systems
In this week's episode, we follow up on a bunch of your tweets, and then we get super semantic about naming conventions and component organization. And as always, we share a couple cool things like a vehicle upgrade and a feed reader.
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49m 57s
Jan 2022
Episode 230: Design Systems for SaaS with Pek Pongpaet
How can design systems help us build products more efficiently? Our guest today is Pek Pongpaet, founder of Impekable, an award-winning agency. You'll learn the importance of design systems, why documentation for these systems is important, how to organize design components, and ... Show More
47m 14s
Apr 2019
291: Figma's UI Redesign and Public Critique
This week, we discuss Figma's UI redesign, the public response to it, and how to effectively communicate negative feedback to both companies and colleagues. In Follow-up, Brian has an update on a previous Cool Thing, we read some listener feedback (all positive, phew!), and Marsh ... Show More
46m 40s
May 2020
Episode 102 - Complex flavors - complex systems
We’ve all been there, a project starts off simple, but quickly becomes more complex. In this episode, we are joined by Sarah Drasner to talk with us about how to deal with complex codebases and systems. Guests: Sarah Drasner - @sarah_edo Panelists: Ryan Burgess - @burgessdryan Je ... Show More
59m 10s
Feb 2021
386: Designing with Grid Systems
This week, we talk about designing with grid systems. In particular: when grid systems break, and what to do when they don’t align with our hardware screens perfectly. In The Sidebar, we talk all about design debt: how to work with it, pay it down, and eventually learn to accept ... Show More
24m 52s