Modern work practices, code libraries, and design systems have defined a lot of boundaries in our work in the name of standardization but it has crippled the experimentation skills. Taste might be opinionated but it is the basic unit to help us build our judgment—so important in digital products.
This resonates so much. I remember Anu Atluru wrong Taste is eating the world last year: https://www.workingtheorys.com/p/taste-is-eating-silicon-valley
Modern work practices, code libraries, and design systems have defined a lot of boundaries in our work in the name of standardization but it has crippled the experimentation skills. Taste might be opinionated but it is the basic unit to help us build our judgment—so important in digital products.