The Flexoraa Journal

    Writing about design systems that outlive the people who built them.

    Field notes on HubSpot CMS, token architecture and handing a site to the people who will actually run it.

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    This week

    The field that broke thirty seven modules.

    One group default drifted out of sync with its children. Nothing failed loudly; the upload just started refusing.

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    Guides

    Handing over a site without writing a handover doc.

    If the help text is good enough, the document is redundant. Here is what we put in every field.

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    What we write about

    Two subjects, both about the day after launch.

    Design systems that survive contact

    Most systems are documented once and drift immediately. We write about the ones that hold: how tokens resolve, where per-element overrides earn their place, and why a scheme beats a palette.

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    HubSpot CMS, in practice

    Field architecture, module refactors and the traps that only show up on upload. Written from shipping work rather than from the docs, including the mistakes.

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    Who writes this

    Sara Burns

    Writes about tokens, type scales and why most colour pickers ask too much.

    42 articles
    Marcus Keel

    Field architecture, module refactors, and the upload errors nobody documents.

    61 articles
    Jen Park

    On handover, documentation, and writing help text people actually read.

    28 articles
    Tomas Mielke

    Occasional essays on running a studio that ships one thing properly.

    17 articles

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