A transportation management system for a freight brokerage, had built a unique micro frontend architecture, that allowed for fast deployment of new features. Updates in the programming language and framework, created many solutions to the rendering of front end elements. In between design and development of other product features; a need arose to create a way to bring UI standardization and evolve the way design was done.

Coming from a manufacturing background, I look at design systems as part of the production process. As a production line evolves to apply lean principles, waste in the system becomes more apparent, and naturally initiatives emerge to fix them. Things that can be templated or reused are organized to save time, resources and standardize quality. While the act of finding these things trains individuals to think in a way that promotes continuous improvement of the production flow. Ordering the chaos gives space to create and experiment in new ways. It's going from an artisanal way of creating to the industrious.

From coding in Phoenix Liveview, writing unit tests, designing for a system, and getting developer adoption; this project brought with it tons of growth