Beyond
the parts.

I build design systems, and this is where I write about them in the age of AI. Some of it is argument, some of it is notes from client work.

A design harness is what a design system becomes when it can answer, refuse and remember.

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All skill, no knowledge.

Nobody onboarded the AI. It arrived with all the skill, and none of the knowledge that makes work worth shipping.

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Nothing says no.

The agent read every rule you gave it, agreed with every one, and shipped the wrong thing anyway. You told it. Nothing stopped it.

Vincent Koopmans works on design systems, strategy, and the tooling between them, for teams building with both people and AI. Get in touch, or find me on LinkedIn.