Good DX isn’t enough: Why your component library still fails your team

A development team switched from Mantine to Shadcn UI library, initially enjoying smooth developer experience but soon facing consistency, maintainability, and scaling challenges that good documentation and clean APIs couldn't solve. Teams repeatedly cycle through UI libraries chasing better developer experience, but without addressing deeper issues like governance, design system ownership, and long-term scalability, they remain trapped switching tools instead of building sustainable product delivery systems.