Publications by Barry Prendergast

Atomic design got us from thinking about pages to thinking about components, but we don't need to keep carrying the periodic table around.

The Atmosphere needs a distinct brand identify, better tools for builders, a new UX for users, and a small empowered group willing to build it all.

Building a simple design system and website with Figma MCP and ClaudeCode

How AI may quietly dismantle the feedback loop that turns inexperienced people into competent ones, and why my work matters to me.

Machines can’t make sense of the world for us. Generating content that looks like knowledge isn't the same as producing it. We lose everything by confusing the two.

Fidelity in design isn’t about how finished something looks — it’s about knowing when something is ready to be finished.