Nikhil Mane

Design systems have always been built around one relationship: designer hands component to developer. That's shifting. AI coding assistants are now reading Figma files and shipping UI directly — often without a human reviewing every screen. That's made me rethink what a design...

Most design systems fail because they focus on components instead of decisions.

A button library isn't a design system.

A real design system defines: • Design tokens • Accessibility standards • Interaction patterns • Content guidelines • Component behaviors • Documentation...

Just shipped my first digital product on Contra 🚀

CareFlow — Healthcare Design System, a production-ready Figma design system built for hospital operations and clinical SaaS products.

I built this after spending years designing for healthcare — WHO, Stop TB Partnership, Global...

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