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Jun 25

Your design system’s newest author is an agent

Authored change has outpaced the review model, and that breaks more than it looks.

Your design system’s newest author is an agent

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Jun 16

What Figma made visible

And whether the next generation of practitioners will get the same thing.

What Figma made visible

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Jun 3

The parts of your system you never wrote down

The parts of your system you never wrote down

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May 22

We know how to build design systems, but we don’t know how to operate them

The practices exist. The discipline hasn’t caught up.

We know how to build design systems, but we don’t know how to operate them

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May 14

Your design system is fragmenting into agent files

AGENTS.md, SKILL.md, DESIGN.md, and where each one fits

Your design system is fragmenting into agent files

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May 6

Every component in your design system is a promise

How the promises your system makes became the thing agents read first.

Every component in your design system is a promise

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Apr 30

When frequency isn’t signal

The rule design systems use to promote patterns stops working the moment AI is generating the instances

When frequency isn’t signal

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Apr 24

The job nobody assigned

Design system teams are governing AI output. Nobody asked them to.

The job nobody assigned

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Apr 17

Design system archaeology

Reading a system you didn’t build, and why the first 90 days look nothing like building

Design system archaeology

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Apr 7

Agents are the most honest reviewers your design system will ever have

The most useful feedback your system has ever produced is on a thirty-day timer.

Agents are the most honest reviewers your design system will ever have

Murphy Trueman

Murphy Trueman

Design lead, specialising in design systems. 13+ years of driving digital transformation through data-driven, human-centred design & systems thinking.

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