On Theme: Design Systems in Depth
On Theme: Design Systems in Depth
Elyse Holladay
Hand off the API: a design & build workflow for components, with Jeff Pelletier — #10
50 minutes Posted Mar 24, 2025 at 4:00 pm.
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Design systems aren’t just about components—they’re about how teams work together to build better UI. Jeff Pelletier, a frontend engineer with a design background, joins the show to talk about feature workflows for design systems, how design and engineering can work in parallel, and why documentation should be part of the process, not an afterthought. Jeff and Elyse dive into how to create API-first component specs, the challenge of design-code parity, and the ~drama~ of having a formal proce...