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 phone when a product let someone down. Now I lead design systems and close the gap between Figma and production with AI. That decade is the foundation for everything I design today. hellocodyux@gmail.com
Most designers focus on one of these. The problems I enjoy most tend to need all four, plus someone who understands 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.