AI Makes Traditional Design System Practices More Important Than Ever
Rapid Adoption of AI has been Disruptive
I've had numerous conversations with both design and engineering leaders lately, and the topic of AI inevitably comes up, which leads to the question: How does the design system remain relevant?, Product teams can generate their own components using AI, why would we need to invest in our design system?
Another question arises as well: if AI can understand and work with any system, do we really need to invest as much in our design system as we used to? Is it still worth the effort to keep things clean and consistent, or can we let the system get a little messy since "AI will figure it out"?