Beneath the surface of the approach to variables
summary
Verizon moves its Figma workflow from dual color styles to five variable collections that map to code tokens, notably VDS pallet and VDS surface with light/dark modes, replacing a surface prop and collapsing two variant grids into one. The team builds a Color Variables Playground and a deprecation mode. Results: variant construction time drops 20–40%, testing time cuts ~50%, file size falls about 50%, and adopters switch surfaces with a few clicks. Deprecation windows run about three months.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:37About Verizon
- 4:56How things used to work
- 6:30Variables
- 11:56Deprecation Mode
- 15:37Benefits
- 16:02Conclusion
