DSP 139. Why the Future of Digital Production Starts With Code, Not a Canvas

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The episode discusses how the future of digital production is rooted in code rather than traditional design tools.

Send us feedback or episode suggestions. As AI compresses the distance between idea and execution, the abstractions that once made design tools necessary are becoming points of friction. In this conversation, Knapsack leaders Chris Strahl, Evan Lovely, and Robin Cannon make the case that the future of digital production starts in the medium products actually ship in, code. They unpack why design systems are infrastructure, not artifacts, how context becomes the critical input for enterprise A...

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Hosts: Chris Strahl, Evan Lovely, Robin Cannon

Topics covered

• digital production
• code
• design systems
• AI
• enterprise applications

Keywords

• digital production
• code
• design systems
• AI
• enterprise applications
• Knapsack
• technology

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