61. Jack McCloy Engineering Manager from Amplitude: The Purpose of Design Systems

<p>Jack McCloy and Chris discuss the purpose of a design system and its ability to iterate faster, build better, more accessible, consistent products. Not only saving money but achieving outcomes you wouldn’t practically be able to do without a systems approach. <br/><br/>View the transcript of this episode <a href='https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NUa2EO4sWESFfHt-jFwWo0qmEDqnR03D/edit'>here</a>.<br/><br/><b>Guest</b></p><p>Jack McCloy is an Engineering Manager at Amplitude, where he leads the frontend infrastructure / design system team. He and his team develop architectural patterns, tooling, and systems that help engineers build and iterate more rapidly and designers scale their work. </p><p>Jack also angel invests in companies working on dev/design tools, data tools, infrastructure, and b2b SasS products. You can follow / connect with him on <a href='https://twitter.com/JackMcCloy'>Twitter</a> or <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/jack-mccloy/'>LinkedIn</a>.  <br/><br/><b>Host</b></p><p>Chris Strahl is co-founder and CEO of <a href='https://www.knapsack.cloud/'>Knapsack</a>, host of <a href='https://twitter.com/thedspod'>@TheDSPod</a>, DnD DM, and occasional river guide. You can find Chris on Twitter as <a href='https://twitter.com/chrisstrahl'>@chrisstrahl</a> and on <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisstrahl/'>LinkedIn</a>.<br/><br/>Sponsored by Knapsack, the design system platform that brings teams together. Learn more at <a href='https://www.knapsack.cloud/?utm_source=podcast'>knapsack.cloud</a>.<br/><br/></p><p><br/><br/></p>