Building a design system with React in 2025, what's new?
summary
A small team (four engineers, two designers) builds a from‑scratch React design system with Storybook, multi-browser CI, and a goal of zero third‑party dependencies, producing 50+ components that power 300+ websites and mobile apps and serve 500+ daily engineers. It supports React‑first, Remix and Next.js compatible deployments, enforces accessibility and regulatory validation to avoid re‑approvals, shortens delivery by 25–45%, enables prototypes in under an hour and uses canary-style cross-project tests to catch regressions.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 10:38Why build from scratch
- 17:49Cost savings and long-term benefits
- 24:19Challenges and validation
- 30:39Building community and adoption
- 34:14Future of design systems
- 40:17Conclusion and Q&A
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