Before I ever opened Figma, I spent a decade in bank fraud and risk — Wells Fargo, U.S. Bank, City National. I was the person on the other end of the phone when an interface failed someone. Now I lead design systems and close the gap between Figma and production with AI. Most designers learn the domain. I was the downstream. hellocodyux@gmail.com
Most designers own one of these. The interesting problems need all four — and someone who knows the money.
Our Storybook library drifted from the Figma design system. Developers faced a daily choice between stale components and rebuilding from scratch. The industry calls this design system drift — and 41% of design systems launched in the last two years have already been abandoned to it. Not because the components were bad. Because governance never followed the build.