736: Building Design Systems Using AI with TJ Pitre

Show Description TJ Pitre joins us to talk AI in design systems, building and maintaining component libraries, the evolution of modular CSS and component workflows, connecting Figma and code, keeping components in sync across tools and teams, human review in AI-assisted workflows, Storybook, MCP tools, evals, and decision models like Jev for choosing components. Listen on Website Watch on YouTube Guests TJ Pitre Guest's Main URL • Guest's Social Product Architect for AI and Design Systems at Figma. Founder of Southleft. Links AI & Design Systems Course with Brad Frost, TJ Pitre, and Ian Frost TJ Pitre on GitHub TJ Pitre on LinkedIn AI + Design Systems — Southleft Sponsors AI & Design Systems AI delivers speed, but can make a huge mess. Design systems encode your org's standards of quality, but can be difficult to wield. Together, AI & Design Systems are a powerful combination to deliver quality, speed, and scale. Join industry experts TJ Pitre (Product Architect for AI & Design Systems at Figma), Brad Frost (creator of Atomic Design), and Ian Frost (veteran design systems developer) to learn AI & Design Systems core concepts, practical techniques to help your team deliver great digital products at scale.