Elixir Wizards is an interview-format podcast, focused on engineers who use the Elixir programming language. Initially launched in early 2019, each season focuses on a specific topic or topics, with each interview focusing on the guest's experience and opinions on the topic. Elixir Wizards is hosted by Eric Oestrich and Sundi Myint of SmartLogic, a dev shop that’s been building custom software since 2005 and running Elixir applications in production since 2015. Learn more about how SmartLogic uses Phoenix and Elixir. (https://smartlogic.io/phoenix-and-elixir?utm_source=podcast)
Harper Atlas on Tailwind From the Perspective of a Designer
We are excited to have SmartLogic's own Harper Atlas as our guest on Elixir Wizards today! Harper, a product designer at SmartLogic (and cat lady at home), joins us on this episode to parse the particulars of the Tailwind framework from a designer's perspective. Join us to gain insights from our first non-engineer guest in this spirited conversation with Harper!
Key Points From This Episode:
- We learn about Harper’s journey into the UX field
- Harper breaks down her day-to-day life as a product designer at SmartLogic
- What the difference between FigMa and FigJam is
- The good & bad sides of Tailwind
- What goes into developer handoff and how that varies depending on the company and team
- The importance of finding common language and bridging the gap between developer island and design island within a developer handoff
- The features that Harper doesn’t like about Tailwind
- How Tailwind has started to feel like the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon
- Harper gives developers some advice on how to be more helpful to designers while working in a Tailwind space
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Harper Atlas on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/harper-atlas
Harper Atlas on Twitter — https://twitter.com/harperatlas
SmartLogic — https://smartlogic.io/
SmartLogic Twitter — https://twitter.com/smartlogic