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    <title>Brett Dorrans – Lead Frontend Engineer &amp; Design Systems Specialist</title>
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    <subtitle>Ship design systems teams love. I help product orgs ship consistent UI faster — with governance, performance and accessibility built in.</subtitle>
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    <rights>2026 Brett Dorrans</rights>
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        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Building AI-Ready Design Systems with DesignOps and Design Tokens]]></title>
        <id>https://lapidist.net/articles/2025/designops-design-tokens-as-infrastructure-and-why-dtifx-matters-in-an-ai-assisted-world/</id>
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        <updated>2025-10-23T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[How DesignOps and design tokens combine to keep AI-assisted design workflows coherent, measurable, and safe.]]></summary>
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            <name>Brett Dorrans</name>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Introducing @lapidist/design-lint: A Linter for Design System Consistency]]></title>
        <id>https://lapidist.net/articles/2025/introducing-lapidist-design-lint/</id>
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        <updated>2025-08-30T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[I built @lapidist/design-lint to solve the problem of design drift at scale. Here's why I created it, how it works, and how it can help your team maintain sustainable, accessible design systems.]]></summary>
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            <name>Brett Dorrans</name>
            <uri>https://lapidist.net</uri>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[From margin-left to margin-inline: Why Logical CSS Properties Matter]]></title>
        <id>https://lapidist.net/articles/2025/from-margin-left-to-margin-inline-why-logical-css-properties-matter/</id>
        <link href="https://lapidist.net/articles/2025/from-margin-left-to-margin-inline-why-logical-css-properties-matter/"/>
        <updated>2025-08-20T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Learn the difference between physical and logical CSS properties, why they matter for internationalisation, and how to adopt them in design systems.]]></summary>
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            <name>Brett Dorrans</name>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[Architecting a Modern Frontend Platform: Scaling React, TypeScript, and API Contracts in Regulated SaaS]]></title>
        <id>https://lapidist.net/articles/2025/scaling-react-typescript-and-api-contracts-in-regulated-saas/</id>
        <link href="https://lapidist.net/articles/2025/scaling-react-typescript-and-api-contracts-in-regulated-saas/"/>
        <updated>2025-08-19T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Explores how a well-architected frontend underpins compliance, developer velocity, and long-term resilience within highly regulated SaaS platforms.]]></summary>
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            <name>Brett Dorrans</name>
            <uri>https://lapidist.net</uri>
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    <entry>
        <title type="html"><![CDATA[What Recovering From a Stroke at 34 Taught Me About Work, Life, and Finding a Balance]]></title>
        <id>https://lapidist.net/articles/2025/what-recovering-from-a-stroke-at-34-taught-me/</id>
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        <updated>2025-08-17T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
        <summary type="html"><![CDATA[Reflections on suffering a stroke at 34, the recovery journey, and how it reshaped my priorities on work, wellbeing, and sustainable growth.]]></summary>
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            <name>Brett Dorrans</name>
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