The article examines design-to-dev Quality Assurance (QA) as a significant yet underestimated bottleneck in the product development process. It highlights the impact of minor design inconsistencies, such as mis-sized buttons or color shifts, on brand integrity and user experience. Teams often overlook these issues under time pressure, resulting in accumulated design debt. The author argues for better integration between designers and developers, emphasizing the need for a unified source of truth to bridge the gap between design and code, ultimately improving the quality of digital products without necessarily increasing tool costs.
It's only two pixels off, no one will notice.
After fifteen years hopping between design systems, dev stand-ups, and last-minute launch scrambles, I'm convinced design-to-dev QA is still one of the most underestimated bottlenecks in digital product work.
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