The industry is diagnosing a power problem as a talent problem. Design's old jurisdiction is no longer secure — but that's not the same as design having no future.
The best design systems aren't the ones with the most components — they're the ones where every component earns its place. If you can't explain why something exists separately from its neighbors, merge it.
AI confidence indicators are the new loading spinners. Users don't need to know the model's logprobs, but they do need a reason to trust (or question) what they're seeing.
Hot take: most "responsive design" is just desktop-first with breakpoints bolted on. True responsive thinking starts from the content out, not the viewport in.