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   30 Oct 2025 · 40 min

   Ep 89: Figma Slots Conference

   Davy talks to PJ about his trip to see Figma's slots conference, formerly known as Schema. We talk about the releases and rejoice on a focus on the main editor again.

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   15 Oct 2025 · 27 min

   Ep 88: Stay in Learning Mode w/ Ben Callahan

   Davy talks to friend of the program, Ben Callahan from Sparkbox about his series The Question, which brings together design system designers bi-weekly to share and learn collaboratively in a 60-min workshop.

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   30 Sep 2025 · 28 min

   Ep 87: Thinking Like an Engineer

   Davy and PJ talk about how amongst many good engineering traits, the rigor, and ways they work should be more adopted by product designers and specially us, maintainers. If we can track, version, and test our work as rigorously as engineers, we would be in a higher quality bar.

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   18 Sep 2025 · 36 min

   Ep 86: I'm New to the TEAM w/ Guy Segal

   Davy talks special co-host, Guy Segal, about his first month at his new design systems job at Atlassian, and the fun of being a newbie after the first 30 days, when the going really starts getting tough.

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   4 Sep 2025 · 38 min

   Ep 85: Design Systems Ambassador

   Davy and PJ talk about the role of our designers on the ground, we call them our ambassadors. These good eggs not only inform our day-to-day product improvements, but help keep up informed across the org.

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   28 Jul 2025 · 36 min

   Ep 83: Design Systems Education

   Davy and PJ discuss the challenges and strategies for design system training, especially when it comes to Figma. We explore the line between providing direct tool training and focusing on how the design system integrates with those tools.

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   10 Jul 2025 · 37 min

   Ep 82: Local Product Systems

   Davy talks about what he's seen with the popularity around (local) product systems and how you can may want to adoption via providing just some design system team support. PJ ends the convo with the lighter weight approach of supporting templates in code and design.

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   19 Jun 2025 · 31 min

   Ep 81: Disagreements and Alignment

   Another takeaway from our cross-functional discussions, how do design system team members handle disagreements with consumers, or even our own teammates?

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   4 Jun 2025 · 34 min

   Ep 80: Building Single Use Figma Plugins

   Davy and PJ talk dive into designers building helpers and plugins to support more specialized design system maintainer workflows, and the beauty of unblocking ourselves.

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    22 May 2025 · 36 min

    Ep 79: Cross-Functional Partnerships

    Davy and PJ talk about how to plan to best support inbound product design work, in addition to the differences between product-led work vs design system team-led initiatives.