Design Systems are one of the hottest topics in frontend web development. Building a design system seems fairly simple: a Figma project, a Storybook site, and maybe some frontend components are all a solid start. But that first release is just the tip of the iceberg. The 2021 Design System Survey shows that the top challenge for design system teams is “Overcoming technical/creative debt”.

Version management, visual regressions, coupling, depreciation strategies, accessibility, performance, and automated testing are the engineering principles that form the foundation of a sustainable design system. In this session, we will walk through the engineering practices that successful design systems across the industry are adopting and how you can bring them back to your design system team.