Code & Pixels
A couple of UX Engineers, navigating the intersection between design, development and everything inbetween.
24: Danny Banks - Style Dictionary
We're joined by Danny Banks, who shares his experience working on Style Dictionary as a Principal Design Technologist at AWS.
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Style Dictionary: https://styledictionary.com/Tokens Studio: https://tokens.studio/Astro:https://astro.build/Goose: https://block.github.io/goose/ÂSocials:
Website: dbanks.designBluesky: @dbanks.designGithub: github.com/dbanksdesignÂ23: Cohost Corner - Support & Office Hours
Join our cohosts as they chat about their own experiences with support and office hours.
22: Cohost Corner - Managing Frontend Dependencies

Join our cohosts as they chat about their own experiences managing frontend dependencies!
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pnpm node compatibility: https://pnpm.io/installation#compatibility nx dependency graph: https://nx.dev/nx-api/nx/documents/dep-graphvolta: https://volta.sh/21: Steve Saul - Design Engineering at Scale
We're joined by Steve Saul, who shares his experience as a Design Engineering Manager at Facebook (Meta).
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Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjsaul/20: Scott Jehl - Web Performance
We're joined by Scott Jehl, who shares his experience as an independent Experience Designer/Developer.
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Website: https://scottjehl.com/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-jehl/Twitter: https://x.com/scottjehlGithub: https://github.com/scottjehl19: Mike Aparicio - Scaling CSS in Design Systems
We're joined by Mike Aparicio, who shares his experience as a Principal Design Systems Engineer at Turquoise Health.
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18: Michelle Chin - Design Ops
We're joined by Michelle Chin, who shares her experience as a Design Advocate at Zeroheight.
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17: Jina Anne - Leveling Up in Design Systems
We're joined by Jina Anne, who shares her experience as a founder of Clarity and Co-chair of the Design Tokens W3C Community Group.
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16: Amber Feinerman - My Career Journey As a UX Engineer
We're joined by Amber Feinerman, who shares her experience as a Senior Product Designer working on Design Systems at Netflix.
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Website: https://amberis.online/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amberfeinerman/Twitter: https://twitter.com/amberfeinermanGithub: https://github.com/amberfeinerman15: Donnie D'Amato - What's a Component
We're joined by Donnie D'Amato, who shares his experience as a founder & Chief Architect at Design Systems House.
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Website: https://donnie.damato.design/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fauxserious/Twitter: https://twitter.com/donniedamatoGithub: https://github.com/ddamato14: Aziz Ramos - UX Engineering as a Competitive Advantage
We're joined by Aziz Ramos, who shares his experience as a UX Engineer working on design systems at Peloton.
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Website: https://notansari.com/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aziz-ramos/Dribbble: https://dribbble.com/azizramosÂ13: Natalya Shelburne - Teaching & Design System Leadership
We're joined by Natalya Shelburne, who shares how her teaching background has influenced her leadership role as a Staff Manager in Design Infrastructure at GitHub.
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Website: http://www.artist-developer.com/Â Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalyashelburne/Github: https://github.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/natalyathreeÂ12: Donna Vitan - Multi-Brand Design Systems
We're joined by Donna Vitan, who shares her experience supporting multiple brands on her design system team at TELUS Digital.
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Website: https://donnavitan.comLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donnavitan/11: Abdalkadir El-Ghazali - Being Self-Taught
Abdalkadir El-Ghazali joins us from the Consumer Group Design System team at Intuit to talk about being a self-taught designer and engineer.
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Website: https://el-ghazali.com/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@dietzamzam10: Ben Callahan - Design System Consulting
We're joined by Ben Callahan, who shares his experience as a founder of Sparkbox and helping organizations with their design systems.
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Website: https://bencallahan.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/bencallahanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bencallahan/9: Crystal Ledesma - Hiring & Managing Design Engineers
We're joined by Crystal Ledesma, a Senior Engineering Manager working in Design Systems at Zillow.
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8: Ayesha Mazrana - Design System Documentation
Our final episode of 2022 covers design system documentation with Ayesha Mazrana, a design technologist on Pinterest’s design system team.
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayeshakmaz/7: Mae Capozzi - Component Library Lifecycles
Mae Capozzi joins us this episode to chat about what to consider when maintaining a component library.
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Personal: https://maecapozzi.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/MCapozNewsletter: https://maecapozzi.com/newsletter6: Catt Small - Game Design & Career Development
Catt Small joins us to discuss how her experience in game design has influenced her career, going from IC to design manager.
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Website: https://cattsmall.com/5: Sameera Kapila - Design Education
In this episode, we're joined by Sameera Kapila who shares her background and insights around design education.
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Website: https://samkapila.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamKapLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samkap/4: Jack McCloy - Building Components
On this episode, Kelly and Adekunle chat with Jack McCloy from Amplitude about building components for design systems.
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-mccloyTwitter: https://twitter.com/JackMcCloy3: Tooling
Building tools is one of the many responsibilities UX engineers have. In this episode we discuss tools that enhance the design and developer experiences.
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https://nextjs.org/https://www.gatsbyjs.com/https://www.figma.com/https://www.figma.com/community/file/806626024182535168https://tina.io/https://zeroheight.com/https://www.gitbook.com/https://mdxjs.com/docs/2: A Typical Day
As hybrids, every day can be a new journey. In this episode, we discuss the typical day for UX engineers and some of the short and long term challenges we face.
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1: What is an UX Engineer?
Join us for our very first episode of Code & Pixels, where we talk about who we are and what we mean by “hybrid” roles.
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