13. Micah Godbolt: Design and code meeting in the middle with Fluent UI at Microsoft

<p>Chris and Micah discuss creating a singular design system that scales to support a massive app ecosystem, using tokens to align design across disparate products, and transitioning from individual teams working on many products to one company working on a library of products.<br/><br/>Guest:<br/><br/>Micah Godbolt is a design systems advocate, speaker, trainer, and writer. Micah is a software engineer for <a href='https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/fluentui#/'>Fluent UI</a> at Microsoft and author of <a href='http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920040156.do'>Frontend Architecture for Design Systems</a> published by O’Reilly Media. You can find Micah at <a href='https://www.micahgodbolt.com/'>micahgodbolt.com</a>, on Twitter as <a href='https://twitter.com/micahgodbolt'>@micahgodbolt</a>, and on <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/micahgodbolt/'>LinkedIn</a>.<br/><br/>Host:<br/><br/>Chris Strahl is co-founder and CEO of <a href='https://www.knapsack.cloud/'>Knapsack</a>, host of <a href='https://twitter.com/thedspod'>@TheDSPod</a>, DnD DM, and occasional river guide. You can find Chris on Twitter as <a href='https://twitter.com/chrisstrahl'>@chrisstrahl</a> and <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisstrahl/'>LinkedIn</a>.<br/><br/>Sponsor:<br/><br/>Knapsack — The design system platform for ambitious product teams. Learn more at <a href='https://www.knapsack.cloud/'>knapsack.cloud</a> about getting Knapsack for your team.<br/><br/>Links:<br/><br/>View the <a href='https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AAyA3LnsRYdT1zScYDjuwyesukjY8IDX/view?usp=sharing'>transcript</a> for this episode.<br/><br/><a href='https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mrblackheart_productdesign-userexperience-designsystem-activity-6641420294500286465--EAi'>LinkedIn post via Jason Blackheart</a> showing the time savings of just one component from Microsoft’s Coherence Design System.</p>