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Pardon my dust! I just migrated my website to the fantastic Eleventy and am recording the redesign process of adopting my design system for our AI & Design Systems course.

The full stack design system
The full stack design system

Emmet Connolly underscores the point that simply having a UI pattern library isn't enough to create successful work across products at an organization.

To return to our Lego analogy, simply having a limited pattern library of bricks to choose from doesn’t preclude me from building some really crazy shit.

And that's the difference between having a component library and a full-blown design system. Having a kit of components is of course a good idea, but it's not enough on its own. A sound design system should also provide rationale, high-level guidelines, philosophy, resources, and more. *[DETAILS]: Device, Environment, Time, Activity, Individual, Location, Social *[RESS]: Responsive Design with Server-Side Components *[CMS]: Content Management System *[GUI]: Graphical User Interface

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