@githubprimer

@GitHub's open-source design system.

 San Francisco, CA
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Joined March 2015
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See one of our systems designers @auareyou, who worked on dark mode and our visual redesign last year, speak at #config2021 very soon! 👀 config.figma.com/talks/we-sh…
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What are the best documentation sites you've interacted with and what made them great? 📚
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We’re experimenting with introducing CSS encapsulation to Rails (with View Components). What parts of CSS Modules, and Styled Components or Emotion etc. would you want to take with you to another framework?
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I am extremely proud of my team. It's been months in the making, and though there's much more to do, today's ship is a big milestone. The updates to GitHub's design and repo homepage are the result of thoughtful incremental work by the @githubprimer team💖 github.blog/changelog/2020-0…

Design updates to repositories and GitHub UI

Today we've launched a refresh to the design of GitHub UI, and layout changes to your repository homepage. We hope these changes improve your experience.

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Replying to @githubprimer @BinaryMuse @dmarcey @shaunkirkwong @AlbinGroen
Here are the release notes for v19.0.0, if anyone's interested: github.com/primer/components…

Release v19.0.0 · primer/react

In addition to the changes below, this release also features a new and improved Getting Started guide. 🚨 Breaking Changes Removed "Segoe UI Symbol" from font stack as it is not compati...

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“A little duplication is better than overly clever code” — says @emplums at @dotCSS Hard agree! Especially after I’ve been over eager with my own optimisations and attempts to be totally DRY in the past. Pragmatism FTW!
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In today's show we caught up with @broccolini, a design infrastructure manager at GitHub, to help us dive deep into a listener question about the role and expectations of a design systems manager. This + a heavy dose of cool things! Episode + show notes: spec.fm/podcasts/design-deta…
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Throwback to the time @jonrohan joined our @zoom_us call from space 👨‍🚀👽
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@github7 Aug 2019
Set your reminders: Thursday, August 8, 10 am PT. Be one of the first to hear the latest on GitHub Actions. github.co/2LMwHCr
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@github15 Feb 2019
Give your favorite programming language a Valentine, too. Add an extra ❤️to your repo today.
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Level up your code with new skills and insights. Catch up on dev talks from this year’s GitHub Universe Now available to watch on YouTube! youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
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Really enjoyed being part of the Design Systems at Rethink event earlier this year, so many great speakers 🙌 Thanks @juliestanescu ✨ Here’s my talk, for all those folks who feel a bit of imposter syndrome when you look at other people’s design systems! bit.ly/2PgJUob
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It’s @emilybrick talking about how we use Figma with @githubprimer 🙌✨👏
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I wrote about the reception to Suggested Changed :) blog.github.com/2018-11-01-s…
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This past week has been an exciting one at GitHub! Just as exciting, you can now save your most important GitHub notifications for later! Try it out, leave some feedback ❤️
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@github2 Nov 2018
Starting today, you can prioritize your notifications Save it now, read it later 🔖
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@github16 Oct 2018
Automate your workflow. Meet GitHub Actions 👋 It might just change the way you work. github.com/features/actions

GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions applies open source principles to workflow automation, weaving together the tools you use from idea to production into one complete workflow.

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A brief history on the last few years of design systems at GitHub, what we've been working on, and what's next: medium.com/@broccolini/desig… Thanks for all the hard work @emplums @shawnbot @jonrohan 💓

Design systems at GitHub

A brief history of how design systems grew at GitHub, what we've been working on, and what's next.

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Design systems should be ever evolving, so a bit of chaos is okay. What matters is that we incrementally make progress towards bigger goals, and build systems that support the needs of its users. So here’s our documentation for @githubprimer bugs & all: styleguide.github.com/primer… – at San Francisco, CA
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That’s not what we should be measuring success by. Many of us have smaller teams, our goals are not the same as other teams, and we’re often working with a bit of chaos. – at San Francisco, CA
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Today I gave a talk about how we shouldn’t compare our design systems to those polished huge design systems of companies with big teams. It’s like comparing your real life to someone else’s Instagram life–the best curated version. – at San Francisco, CA
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