What drew you to design systems?

I was frustrated by all of the inconsistent UI, duplicated work, and redundant meetings that my teams would have to deal with. I finally found a discipline where I could use my design skills and my engineering skills to solve meaty problems without being limited to a traditional design or engineering role.

Who have you learned from or been inspired by?

Working on a design system with Adam Detrick was invaluable and taught me so much. I'm also humbled and inspired by the work of David DeSandro, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Rachel Andrew, and Wei Huang.

Favorite tools

VS Code, Zsh, CSS, TypeScript, Figma, Adobe Illustrator, pen and paper, Microsoft To Do, Chrome Inspector

Favorite CSS feature

That's like asking me to pick a favorite child.

If I HAVE to pick: var(--custom-properties).