Blog Bytes

A collection of articles, videos and educational resources created by our design system designers, engineers and community to provide deeper insight into varying topics. Looking to contribute a blog? Reach out to the Design System team for more information.

Call to Actions in V7

April 24, 2025
5 min read
Becky Bayliss

In this blog post we will discuss why we added a new Call To Action Link (CTA link) component to our design system, how to write CTA’s effectively, and when to use them.

Illustration showing React and TypeScript

Enhancing React DX with TypeScript

March 15, 2023
3 min read
Guy McClenahan

The feedback loop — taking your output as input — is at the core of the developer experience of not only the products of the DLS, but the way we work on them ourselves, too.

Abstract illustration of design components

Creating a More Inclusive Experience at Amex through Page Hierarchy and Component Reflow

November 9, 2022
7 min read
Joseph Smith

Pattern recognition has helped humans evolve into who we are today. Our brains take in large amounts of information and to help us process this information, we identify and store some of it as patterns.

Podcasts and Presentations

Image of how tokens are used in components

How Design Tokens Shape Design Systems

May 26, 2023

In this session, we will learn about the anatomy of a component, token types, and follow the journey of tokens through the design and development process