What you'll walk away with
A token architecture that scales
Semantic layers, theming, and the naming rules that stop bikeshedding.
A migration engineers accept
Codemods, deprecation windows, and how to ship without a freeze.
Governance that doesn't rot
Contribution model, review rituals, and the metrics that prove value.
The budget conversation
How to frame a system in hours saved, not components built.
Curriculum
6 modules · 42 lessons · 8h 20mMaya Okonkwo
Design lead at Linear · ex-Figma, ex-Monzo
Maya has rebuilt design systems at three companies through hypergrowth. She's the person engineering teams actually invite to their architecture reviews — this class is the playbook she usually only gives in private.
Reviews
“The codemod module alone saved our team about three sprints. I've never seen anyone show the messy middle of a migration this honestly.”
“Dense, and that's the point. I rewatched module 3 twice. The governance framework is now literally our team's wiki page.”