I’ve become obsessed with pattern languages lately. If you read Timeless Way of Building, you realize we got it all wrong. What everything thinks of as a “pattern” is missing the point entirely. It’s the pattern language that has power.
He even calls out atomic design and all of the flaws with it—no two atoms are actually identical. So the result is we have these rigid design systems that discourage variation because, imo, we can’t be bothered to define the things that make something alive.
He even calls out atomic design and all of the flaws with it—no two atoms are actually identical. So the result is we have these rigid design systems that discourage variation because, imo, we can’t be bothered to define the things that make something alive.
https://hillside.net/index.php/a-pattern-language-for-patter...
My favorite so far—a pattern language for creating a pattern language