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How to Repaint an Elephant — Redesigning a Mature Product

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TalkinPolishat 4Developers 2022 Online · 2022-04-04..04-07· [design-collaboration, frontend-architecture]

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name:Piotr Wcisłek
links:none on file

resources

video:https://youtu.be/508_Idiw3rA
slides:none on file

summary

Redesigning a mature product: discusses practical challenges of changing the UI/UX and codebase in an established system, covering risks like breaking existing features and user expectations. Describes approaches such as incremental refactors, feature toggles/gradual rollouts, and coordination between design and engineering to manage the transition safely.

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chapters (13)

  1. 0:00Introduction
  2. 2:40Mature product design problems
  3. 7:22Need for design system
  4. 8:52Baton components
  5. 12:58Color standardization
  6. 18:43Typography and text hierarchy
  7. 24:54Change introduction plan
  8. 28:03Visual and code consistency
  9. 33:50Component API and defaults
  10. 37:08Modal and form systematization
  11. 41:03Step-by-step changes
  12. 42:49Change communication and docs
  13. 43:11Summary and thanks

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