I love refactoring code. Absolutely love it. There’s something about taking a piece of UI or a bit of code and reworking it in a way that is simpler, modular, and reusable that makes me incredibly happy. I also love design systems work. It gives hybrids like me a home. It seems like everyone is talking about design systems right now. Design systems teams are perfect for those who enjoy doing…
Illustrations by [Alice Lee](http://byalicelee.com/). In August, we released a major redesign of slack.com , and we want to give you a peek behind-the-scenes. Rebuilding our marketing website was a massive project that took careful coordination across a variety of teams, departments, and agencies. We implemented a redesign while overhauling all the under-the-hood code. Our aim was to address a few…
Every good Pantsuit starts with the right patterns. Design systems. Pattern libraries. Styleguides. Whatever you want to call them, they are very much in style right now. A design system’s purpose is to provide consistent, tested and reusable solutions for a common UX problem. Campaigns move at lightning speed , and have some hard, non-negotiable deadlines . To empower our developers to create and…