Talking about the "design-code roundtrip that isn't" at AIE World's Fair

Short summary

Jonathan Gordon, a design-engineering expert with 30 years at major tech companies, argues that current 'design-code roundtrip' tools like Figma create exponential drift between design intent and actual implementation. His talk at AIE World's Fair demonstrates how drift accumulates through iteration and proposes solutions to keep humans in control. The core problem isn't that drift happens—it's that it compounds.

• •Current design-code tools (like Figma) create divergence between design intent and implementation
• •Drift accumulates exponentially through iterative refinement cycles
• •Need for humans to maintain control over design systems, not just be "in the loop"

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