Six months ago we kicked off MDX Forum: a Reddit-style community surface built on top of our agency's design system. Today it's serving real traffic and we shipped 47 features along the way. Here's what worked. Design tokens are non-negotiable Every spacing, color, and…
Mondays are for planning, Fridays for retros. Middle of the week is execution — no meetings unless something is on fire. Protecting the middle is the whole trick.
For design-system-light projects, locking the canvas at the Figma frame width and scaling down works surprisingly well. Tradeoff: accessibility and responsive breakpoints need extra care. Here's our playbook.
A year ago MDX was me and a Notion doc. Today it's 9 people and predictable retainers. Here's the hiring, pricing, and client-filter decisions that actually moved the needle.
Shipping isn't always the right answer. Sometimes the bravest call is stopping work the client didn't ask for and sending a shorter invoice. Scope discipline is a feature.
We're getting more spatial briefs and I'm torn between extending our web DS with depth tokens or forking a spatial-only system. What's working for teams shipping both?
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Six months ago we kicked off MDX Forum: a Reddit-style community surface built on top of our agency's design system. Today it's serving real traffic and we shipped 47 features along the way. Here's what worked. Design tokens are non-negotiable Every spacing, color, and…
Mondays are for planning, Fridays for retros. Middle of the week is execution — no meetings unless something is on fire. Protecting the middle is the whole trick.
For design-system-light projects, locking the canvas at the Figma frame width and scaling down works surprisingly well. Tradeoff: accessibility and responsive breakpoints need extra care. Here's our playbook.
A year ago MDX was me and a Notion doc. Today it's 9 people and predictable retainers. Here's the hiring, pricing, and client-filter decisions that actually moved the needle.
Shipping isn't always the right answer. Sometimes the bravest call is stopping work the client didn't ask for and sending a shorter invoice. Scope discipline is a feature.
We're getting more spatial briefs and I'm torn between extending our web DS with depth tokens or forking a spatial-only system. What's working for teams shipping both?