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Balancing Specificity and Scalability

Three strategies to strike a balance between specificity and scalability

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Francesco Improta
Oct 07, 2024
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How can we balance making design tokens specific enough to be useful, but general enough to be reusable across our system?

When creating tokens with broad applicability—aimed at enhancing reusability and scalability—how do we mitigate the risk of unintended consequences when implementing changes in the future?

At its core, the challenge lies in finding th…

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