** Design systems exist to help teams ship good software by providing guidance and guardrails, but they should not be overemphasized as processes that generate ephemeral artifacts. Effective design systems balance speed and quality, introducing the right amount of friction to encourage good practices while avoiding bureaucracy. Design tools are critical but serve a purpose, creating temporary pictures of software that help guide development but ultimately become disposable. The goal is to ship good software quickly, not to create perfect designs or processes. Teams should focus on building design toolkits that empower them to create designs efficiently and effectively, embracing creative chaos over dogmatic approaches and removing layers of abstraction. Ultimately, the value lies in shipping software, not in the design artifacts themselves.