Design intent to components
Design-to-code succeeds when visual decisions become component rules, states, and implementation constraints.
Insights
Design-to-Code Pipeline
A design-to-code pipeline works when design intent becomes deterministic build intelligence, not when teams hope visual QA will catch drift later.
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Chapter thesis
Design-to-code succeeds when visual intent becomes structured implementation context.
Chapter guide
Olives structural extraction
Olives is the concrete product chain for turning Figma/design structure into code-readable source material.
Quality, fidelity, and risk
Implementation quality is not only visual polish; it includes fidelity, trust, compliance, and risk controls.
Core essays
Design-to-code Pipeline v2
A practical design-to-code pipeline that turns agency deliverables into deterministic AI build rules, reusable component logic, and production-ready implementation assets.
Making Figma speak code's language with Olives
Instead of building a new design tool, Olives makes code the canonical source and forces design tools to sync deterministically — reducing lock-in by making tools interchangeable.
Figma fancy screenshots vs Olives structural extraction
Rendered pixels are useful for visual iteration, but they don’t preserve component truth. Olives extracts architecture, variants, overrides, and token usage so design systems stay in sync with code.
Supporting essays
From Design Intent to Working Components: The Full Pipeline
A deeper design-to-code pipeline for turning visual decisions into deterministic AI build rules, reusable indexes, and structural component guidance.
From design intent to working components
A codebase-first pipeline that turns visual intent into deterministic build rules using two shallow indexes: a design JSON for intent and a component index for composition.
Olives is adding the final piece: proper visual fidelity
With bidirectional structural sync validated, Olives is now tackling CSS-to-Figma parity so code-first design systems can be fully styled, token-bound, and ready to use in minutes.
Further reading
Keeping UI in sync with code: Olives
Olives is a CLI that extracts design structure from React (and soon Svelte) into a deterministic, diffable index — preserving component composition instead of flattening pixels.
Your UX is either building trust or breaking it
UX isn't just about screens and flows-it's about trust, compliance, and legal foresight. M.G Hachem explains why designing with legal risk in mind is the foundation of a trustworthy business.
Olives: bidirectional sync and one source of truth
Olives now supports end-to-end bidirectional sync between code and Figma with structural fidelity, safe diffs, and deterministic application — eliminating design/code drift.
If you're not designing for compliance, you're designing for risk
Compliance isn't the enemy of innovation-it's the foundation of trust. M.G Hachem outlines how to build risk-aware UX that protects users and businesses without compromising design.
Should UX Designers Learn to Code?
Should you code as a UX Designer? Dive into M.G Hachem's perspective on merging design and code to enhance user experiences. Explore the insights and challenges of this unique approach.