Olek Krawiel

Aleksander Krawiel, the audacious Frontend Developer at Makimo, is a provocateur in the tech realm, continuously pushing boundaries with functional and system programming. A tireless explorer, he crafts articles that delve into the intricacies of DevOps, building developer environments, and mastering CSS & JS. Outside work, he morphs into a polyglot programmer, nimbly shifting between JavaScript, Godot, and Blender. Aleksander's multifaceted persona promises a riveting journey in the world of code.

10 commandments for better designer-developer collaboration

The whole product experience is a cumulative effort of diverse project roles and talents, not a ’rockstar soloist.’ Even though some of them might represent two opposite ends of a spectrum – like designers and developers – they have more in common than one might expect.

Furthermore, they can benefit from both opening up to each other’s perspectives even more and following the same common principles for better teamwork. With that in mind, here are some insights to help improve designer-developer relationships, and hence better product design.

Creating websites requires a great amount of organisation in order to simplify any further changes while maintaining consistency. Even though this task seems daunting at first sight, it can be supported by a methodology like Atomic Design – which compares created components to atoms, molecules and organisms.