HeyDesigner - 34 product lessons

Hi Reader, these are my design and frontend picks this week.

Highlights of the week

No more hide-and-seek with components - Components can get lost in your design. In Zeplin, developers can instantly highlight all the components, so they know exactly what to build. - Zeplin  Sponsored

34 product lessons - Reflecting on the pieces of advice I've found most valuable and/or given most often. - Ellen Chisa / filed under Product Management

Consistency vs Flexibility - Though they have numerous benefits, design systems are still sometimes seen as design constraints. - Ben Callahan / filed under Design System

Product design

Spacing around headings - The right space around headings in web typography. - Oliver Schöndorfer / filed under Typography

Optimizing for feelings - On seeking meaning beyond metrics. - The Browser Company / filed under Product Design

More than making rectangles - You spend less time creating and more time “solving problems” and optimizing the funnel. - Kyle Lambert / filed under Inspiration

Design engineering

Mobile-first CSS: Is it time for a rethink? - Patrick Clancey explores the pros and cons of the classic methodology, as well as when other solutions might work better. - Patrick Clancey / filed under HTML & CSS

The complete guide to the dark mode toggle - Best practices for implementing a color mode switcher on your website using custom variables, prefers-color-scheme, and more. - Feigenbaum / filed under HTML & CSS

Tools and resources

Releasing Color.js - A library that takes color seriously. - Lea Verou / filed under Javascript

Inspiration and creativity

Visualize Value - A searchable, tagged database of all Visualize Value assets. - Jack Butcher, Pierce Kearns / filed under Inspiration

Last but not least

The age of co-creation with AI has begun - The inevitable reshaping of art and design by artificial intelligence. - Nando Costa / filed under Artificial Intelligence

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— Tamas

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