Design Systems & Collaboration - Felipe Linares - Product designer & consultant

A coral-red relay baton suspended between two reaching hands that don't quite meet, representing the designer-developer handoff treated as a relay race.

Designer-Developer Handoff: It's Not a Tools Problem

he designer-developer gap gets blamed on tools. After 15 years shipping products, I think that's wrong. It's a handoff and collaboration problem first.

Two halves of a bridge reaching across a dark gap with a coral-red seam of light between them, representing the designer-developer gap.

Design Systems & Collaboration

Design Systems: Closing the Developer Gap

Why design systems break down at the design-to-development handoff, and practical ways to close the gap so components stay consistent from Figma to code.

A tall leaning stack of dark blocks with a coral-red hairline crack, representing accumulating design debt in a scaling product.

Design Systems & Collaboration

Paying Down Design Debt at Scale

Discover why addressing design debt is essential for scalable products. Learn how to identify, manage, and settle design debt to ensure consistent user experiences and efficient development.

Design Systems & Collaboration

Design Systems: Closing the Developer Gap

Why design systems break down at the design-to-development handoff, and practical ways to close the gap so components stay consistent from Figma to code.

Design Systems & Collaboration

Paying Down Design Debt at Scale

Discover why addressing design debt is essential for scalable products. Learn how to identify, manage, and settle design debt to ensure consistent user experiences and efficient development.

Design Systems & Collaboration

Design Systems: Closing the Developer Gap

Why design systems break down at the design-to-development handoff, and practical ways to close the gap so components stay consistent from Figma to code.

Design Systems & Collaboration

Paying Down Design Debt at Scale

Discover why addressing design debt is essential for scalable products. Learn how to identify, manage, and settle design debt to ensure consistent user experiences and efficient development.

Designer-Developer Handoff: It's Not a Tools Problem

Design Systems: Closing the Developer Gap

Paying Down Design Debt at Scale

Design Systems: Closing the Developer Gap

Paying Down Design Debt at Scale

Design Systems: Closing the Developer Gap

Paying Down Design Debt at Scale

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