Building a Design System from Scratch
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Building a personal design system from scratch teaches far more than just reusing components — it forces deliberate decisions about color tokens, component APIs, polymorphism, and bundling. Using tools like Stitches, esbuild, and compound component patterns, this deep-dive covers everything from a two-tier CSS variable color system to tree-shakable package releases, offering real lessons for any developer tired of copy-pasting across projects.
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