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Do startups really need a design system?
A lightweight system pays for itself by sprint three. Here is the minimum viable version.
By the Vynora team · 14 June 2026
A design system is not a 200-component library. Start with colour, type, spacing and five core components.
Document them where engineers work, in code. Expand only when a pattern is reused three times.