Towards a new Treaty of Kadesh between designers and developers
summary
Designers and developers remain siloed so a new Treaty of Kadesh proposes four concrete articles: prefer declarative design (CSS-style constraints like CSS Grid and Flex built into the editor), adopt open source and Open Standards (Penpot under MPL 2.0, export as ZIP with JSON), offer non-opinionated, extensible tooling (API + plugin system, contest open until Dec 15), and ensure broad inclusion. Penpot already ships Grid/Flex layout, a plugin API, and upcoming design tokens for scalable theming; the analogy notes 5,000–6,000 chariots to show stakes.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction and setup
- 3:06Future of design tools demo
- 4:32Battle of Kadesh explained
- 15:25Designers vs developers as empires
- 17:34Four pillars of new treaty
- 26:07Pampoo’s implementation examples
- 33:38Design tokens and conclusion
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