Pencil.dev focuses on design-to-code speed versus static tools; upcoming reusable component libraries are planned for 2026.

Katherine Haan, MBA, is a Senior Staff Writer for Forbes Advisor and a former financial advisor turned international bestselling author and business coach. For more than a decade, she’s helped small ...

Design systems need structural foundations to scale effectively. Organizations that hold clarity and usability over time rely on three interconnected foundations: composition, components and concepts.