The article details Kong's journey in implementing a design system to address inconsistent user experiences and improve software development efficiency. Initially, Kong faced challenges with varied component designs and a lack of unified vision, leading to a feature-bloated product. To resolve this, the team restructured their system, using tools like Style Dictionary for design tokens and Stylelint for enforcing token usage, while separating UI components and icons into distinct libraries to enhance scalability and maintainability. The redesign of Kongponents, their open-source UI component library, involved removing outdated elements, improving accessibility, and ensuring a pixel-perfect match between design and development. The systematic approach resulted in a consistent user experience across Kong's platform, improved developer experience, and a more organized codebase. The team acknowledges that implementing a design system is an ongoing process and expresses pride in their accomplishments and the lessons learned.