Design systems have been propping up quality from collapsing. And in doing so, risk making the collapse even more spectacular.

Draw a horse, watch it run.

AI agents generate 98% more PRs but reviews take 91% longer. The work didn’t disappear — it moved.

Simulate traditional CMYK halftone printing by generating and overlaying separate cyan, magenta, yellow, and black halftone dot screens.

That lost identity was "computer programmer" and it was arguably one of the biggest.