March 12, 2026 · 6 min
Design that survives handoff
A file is not a product. Here is the process we use so engineering does not have to guess.
Most “handoffs” are a Figma link and a hope. The design looks finished. Production is where the gaps show: empty states, odd viewport widths, copy that does not fit, and a component that was never meant to wrap.
Write the decisions, not only the pixels
We attach a short note to every major flow: what must never break, what can flex, and what we will measure after launch. That note is more useful than another layer of annotations no one reads.
- Name the primary job of the screen in one sentence.
- Specify empty, loading, error, and success — not only the happy path.
- Call out the one interaction that is easy to implement wrong.
Sit in the same review
Design and engineering review the build together before it is “done.” The question is not “does it match.” The question is “does this still do the job on a small phone, with real data, after a slow request.”
That is the process we sell. Pretty files are easy. Ships that hold together are the work.