16. Adam Argyle from Google: Making your design system freeing vs. constraining

<p>Adam Argyle and Chris venture into “spicy opinion” territory and discuss when design systems are freeing vs. constraining, creating appropriate “offramps” for venturing outside of your design system, why designers ought to be proposing changes to code (aka making pull requests!), and decentralizing the human side of design systems to break down silos and enable innovation and enhancements to spread freely throughout your product teams.<br/><br/>Guest:<br/><br/>Adam Argyle is a Chrome CSS Developer Advocate at Google, creator of <a href='https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/ProjectVisBug'>VisBug</a>, co-host of <a href='https://pod.link/thecsspodcast'>The CSS Podcast</a>, developer, former designer, and RPG enthusiast. You can find Adam at <a href='https://nerdy.dev/'>nerdy.dev</a>, on Twitter as <a href='https://twitter.com/argyleink'>@argyleink</a>, and on <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamargyle/'>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 on <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/1wlQCisw4cuFSeEI0DACfHxXZmiheHMQm/view?usp=sharing'>transcript</a> for this episode.</p>