A junior dev told me my design system was too rigid and I got defensive at first

I was showing a new team member how I organize my component library in Figma and he said it feels like the rules are more important than the outcome. He pointed out how I had 3 different button states but no room for a toast notification that actually needed a different color. Has anyone else had to loosen up their system after feedback from someone less experienced?

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joel2803d ago

Tell the kid to go build his own system then.

the_jason3d ago

Used to be all about that "kids these days need to earn it" mindset myself honestly. Watched my nephew spend six months saving his cash from a part time gig, build this absolutely janky budget PC with a used GPU that barely fits in the case. Thing crashed every other day but that kid learned more about troubleshooting than I ever did from just clicking "buy now" on a prebuilt. Changed my whole take on it seeing him figure out driver conflicts and thermal paste application on his own.