735: Design System Docs, CodePen’s API, and Bucket Filling Conversations
Dave and Chris explore the evolving landscape of design systems, CodePen's new API features, what happens when an app moves your cheese and how to respond, and Regretful API's.
Time Jump Links
- 00:00:20 Doing it for dem clicks
- 00:04:07 Bucket filling in a digital age
- 00:08:16 Sponsor: AI And Design Systems
- 00:13:11 How do you measure the adoption of a design system?
- 00:25:45 I'm building a machine-readable format for design system documentation
- 00:33:32 CodePen's V2 API
- 00:39:33 An appreciation of CodePen Radio talking about moving cheese
- 00:44:37 Lessons learned from redesigning CodePen
- 00:52:05 Regretful API
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