Why you should prioritise quality over speed in design systems — written by → Amy Hupe

Speed for the sake of speed means nothing. If our design systems don’t ultimately lead to better quality experiences, we’re doing it wrong.

When we rush to release one-size-fits-all components, without doing the work to understand different contexts before curating and consolidating solutions, we sacrifice quality at the hands of speed.

We undermine teams’ trust in the system from day one by providing brittle and poorly-researched solutions.

We disappoint stakeholders who see teams choosing to continue working in silos over using an inadequate system.

The irony? In the long run, this will slow us down. We end up having to undo the work we’ve done to fix the problems we’ve created.

Ultimately, when we prioritise speed over quality, we end up with neither.