The case for measuring design quality

Accessibility isn't a checklist. It's a design constraint that, handled early, makes every decision more intentional.

How We Think About It

Lighthouse scores matter, but they're a proxy. Real performance work means profiling on mid-tier Android hardware on a throttled connection — not a MacBook on broadband.

Typography does most of the heavy lifting in a design system. Get the type scale, line-height, and measure right, and everything else becomes easier to compose.

In Practice

Monorepos aren't for everyone, but if you're shipping a design system alongside multiple products, the tooling overhead pays off quickly in DX consistency.

• The moment a project has a clear north-star metric — one number that matters above all others — the entire team makes better decisions with less friction.
• Lighthouse scores matter, but they're a proxy. Real performance work means profiling on mid-tier Android hardware on a throttled connection — not a MacBook on broadband.

The teams that move fastest are rarely the ones with the most resources. They're the ones with the clearest shared understanding of what done looks like.