This tweet from Big Balls says the new “Tech Force” website is their first using the “America Design System.” Here are just a few reasons why that sucks. 🧵
December 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This tweet from Big Balls says the new “Tech Force” website is their first using the “America Design System.” Here are just a few reasons why that sucks. 🧵
What’s the point of having a design system most people can’t use? By contrast, USWDS is HTML, CSS, and a little JS. It works everywhere and in every tech stack.
December 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
What’s the point of having a design system most people can’t use? By contrast, USWDS is HTML, CSS, and a little JS. It works everywhere and in every tech stack.
Accessibility. There are color contrast issues all over this site. Low vision users will struggle. One of the main reasons to use a design system is having a color palette you know will always work.
December 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Accessibility. There are color contrast issues all over this site. Low vision users will struggle. One of the main reasons to use a design system is having a color palette you know will always work.
Granted, in this case the large majority of that bundle is just massive, unoptimized images. You can’t blame that on their design system, but you can blame it on them not knowing what they’re doing.
December 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Granted, in this case the large majority of that bundle is just massive, unoptimized images. You can’t blame that on their design system, but you can blame it on them not knowing what they’re doing.
Wrote a piece for the @zeroheight.com blog on annotating design system components for accessibility: zeroheight.com/blog/how-to-... #a11y
How to annotate design system components for accessibility - zeroheight
Geri Reid shares how accessibility annotations for design systems help teams document components, create reusable specs, and build inclusive products.
zeroheight.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Wrote a piece for the @zeroheight.com blog on annotating design system components for accessibility: zeroheight.com/blog/how-to-... #a11y
Our design system Saffron won the @zeroheight.com DS Award for Innovation, for our AI tool pAIella!
Couldn’t be prouder of our amazing cross functional team and all that we’ve accomplished in the past four years.
Couldn’t be prouder of our amazing cross functional team and all that we’ve accomplished in the past four years.
December 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Our design system Saffron won the @zeroheight.com DS Award for Innovation, for our AI tool pAIella!
Couldn’t be prouder of our amazing cross functional team and all that we’ve accomplished in the past four years.
Couldn’t be prouder of our amazing cross functional team and all that we’ve accomplished in the past four years.
This open source *thing* is moving forward on the side as I’m working on the core custom elements/web components tooling for my client’s design system.
December 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This open source *thing* is moving forward on the side as I’m working on the core custom elements/web components tooling for my client’s design system.
That the system speaks with this level of confidence was always a design choice.
December 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
That the system speaks with this level of confidence was always a design choice.
It’s an abomination.
It’s a design system defined by people who do not even understand what the purpose of them are. Specifically, for government sites.
The accessibility and low speed access alone makes this a complete non-starter if you actually cared about your users.
Clearly, they do not.
It’s a design system defined by people who do not even understand what the purpose of them are. Specifically, for government sites.
The accessibility and low speed access alone makes this a complete non-starter if you actually cared about your users.
Clearly, they do not.
December 15, 2025 at 11:52 PM
It’s an abomination.
It’s a design system defined by people who do not even understand what the purpose of them are. Specifically, for government sites.
The accessibility and low speed access alone makes this a complete non-starter if you actually cared about your users.
Clearly, they do not.
It’s a design system defined by people who do not even understand what the purpose of them are. Specifically, for government sites.
The accessibility and low speed access alone makes this a complete non-starter if you actually cared about your users.
Clearly, they do not.
What if Flandre was a boss in Expedition 33??
You know I gotta mix Touhou with whatever my current obsession is! I did this quick doodle to get it out of my system. She probably looks a bit too similar to her Touhouvania design though...
You know I gotta mix Touhou with whatever my current obsession is! I did this quick doodle to get it out of my system. She probably looks a bit too similar to her Touhouvania design though...
December 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
What if Flandre was a boss in Expedition 33??
You know I gotta mix Touhou with whatever my current obsession is! I did this quick doodle to get it out of my system. She probably looks a bit too similar to her Touhouvania design though...
You know I gotta mix Touhou with whatever my current obsession is! I did this quick doodle to get it out of my system. She probably looks a bit too similar to her Touhouvania design though...
December 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Eu como mais novo aluno de @fidelissauro.bsky.social no curso de system design, me senti obrigado a fazer esse meme <3 Vocês concordam?
December 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Eu como mais novo aluno de @fidelissauro.bsky.social no curso de system design, me senti obrigado a fazer esse meme <3 Vocês concordam?
We’re also releasing Spectrum 2, our new design system, which is built on top of React Aria Components! It includes a brand new styling library, more components, and a fresh new look.
react-spectrum.adobe.com
react-spectrum.adobe.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
We’re also releasing Spectrum 2, our new design system, which is built on top of React Aria Components! It includes a brand new styling library, more components, and a fresh new look.
react-spectrum.adobe.com
react-spectrum.adobe.com
Yeah I'm not sure this is such a bad idea because it involves throwing out the entire existing system, which is fundamentally dysfunctional.
Easy to imagine this new entity being a system to make transfers from urban to rural, especially if Jane Kim gets to design the details. But she wouldn't be.
Easy to imagine this new entity being a system to make transfers from urban to rural, especially if Jane Kim gets to design the details. But she wouldn't be.
December 16, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Yeah I'm not sure this is such a bad idea because it involves throwing out the entire existing system, which is fundamentally dysfunctional.
Easy to imagine this new entity being a system to make transfers from urban to rural, especially if Jane Kim gets to design the details. But she wouldn't be.
Easy to imagine this new entity being a system to make transfers from urban to rural, especially if Jane Kim gets to design the details. But she wouldn't be.
🔥 Hot take: dashed borders should never be used as a design system default.
Dashed lines tend to indicate that something is removable or not quite there.
Using them as decoration is as confusing as making text blue and underlined as a stylistic choice.
Pictures: dashed borders used correctly
Dashed lines tend to indicate that something is removable or not quite there.
Using them as decoration is as confusing as making text blue and underlined as a stylistic choice.
Pictures: dashed borders used correctly
December 14, 2025 at 8:06 AM
🔥 Hot take: dashed borders should never be used as a design system default.
Dashed lines tend to indicate that something is removable or not quite there.
Using them as decoration is as confusing as making text blue and underlined as a stylistic choice.
Pictures: dashed borders used correctly
Dashed lines tend to indicate that something is removable or not quite there.
Using them as decoration is as confusing as making text blue and underlined as a stylistic choice.
Pictures: dashed borders used correctly
Has anyone actually seen this "design system"? They keep saying design system, but all I see are random one-off websites.
December 17, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Has anyone actually seen this "design system"? They keep saying design system, but all I see are random one-off websites.
December 14, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I think more important that any mechanics, or action commands, or anything else about turn-based battle design is
They need to be fast.
Like I dont care how simple or complex a battle system is. They just need to be fast.
They need to be fast.
Like I dont care how simple or complex a battle system is. They just need to be fast.
December 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I think more important that any mechanics, or action commands, or anything else about turn-based battle design is
They need to be fast.
Like I dont care how simple or complex a battle system is. They just need to be fast.
They need to be fast.
Like I dont care how simple or complex a battle system is. They just need to be fast.
Like, who knew human interface design was an important system element? 🙄
December 17, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Like, who knew human interface design was an important system element? 🙄
The Supreme Court is antidemocratic as well and would very likely strike down meaningful reform . The US constitutional system is mostly structured to be undemocratic by design and almost impossible to change .
December 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The Supreme Court is antidemocratic as well and would very likely strike down meaningful reform . The US constitutional system is mostly structured to be undemocratic by design and almost impossible to change .
By mastering the principles of wing design, propulsion, and control surfaces, the Wright brothers engineered a powered aircraft with a three-axis control system. This paved the way for modern aviation as we know it!
Have you ever been on a plane? ✈️
#Airplane #WrightBrothers #Engineering #Travel
Have you ever been on a plane? ✈️
#Airplane #WrightBrothers #Engineering #Travel
December 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
By mastering the principles of wing design, propulsion, and control surfaces, the Wright brothers engineered a powered aircraft with a three-axis control system. This paved the way for modern aviation as we know it!
Have you ever been on a plane? ✈️
#Airplane #WrightBrothers #Engineering #Travel
Have you ever been on a plane? ✈️
#Airplane #WrightBrothers #Engineering #Travel
There are ways to design it too so as to reduce contact with cops, like, not a difficult system to design
December 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
There are ways to design it too so as to reduce contact with cops, like, not a difficult system to design
Beat the system AND send a message: buy one right now. You’ll get the 2025 design and it’ll be good through December 2026
December 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Beat the system AND send a message: buy one right now. You’ll get the 2025 design and it’ll be good through December 2026
California's success is not an accident — it's by design.
- 18% of the world's R&D
- 13,000+ active patents in the UC system
- Most Fortune 500 companies
- $180B invested in infrastructure
We dominate in every single category across the board.
- 18% of the world's R&D
- 13,000+ active patents in the UC system
- Most Fortune 500 companies
- $180B invested in infrastructure
We dominate in every single category across the board.
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
California's success is not an accident — it's by design.
- 18% of the world's R&D
- 13,000+ active patents in the UC system
- Most Fortune 500 companies
- $180B invested in infrastructure
We dominate in every single category across the board.
- 18% of the world's R&D
- 13,000+ active patents in the UC system
- Most Fortune 500 companies
- $180B invested in infrastructure
We dominate in every single category across the board.
