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Component library
Make this concrete enough that another engineer can understand what you built and why.
CAREER PROJECT · Intermediate · 2 weekends
Component Design System
Create reusable components, tokens, documentation and visual regression coverage.
Design systemsReactCSSStorybookTesting
DEFINITION OF DONE
Leave artifacts a reviewer can inspect.
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Token documentation
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Usage examples
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Visual tests
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Accessibility checklist
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RESUME / PORTFOLIO FRAMING
Describe what you actually did.
Created a reusable component system with documented design tokens, accessibility standards and regression tests.
Use this as a starting structure, then replace it with your real implementation details, metrics and constraints. Do not claim outcomes you did not measure.
STRETCH GOALS
Go deeper if the core is already solid.
Theme switching
Add only if it strengthens the engineering story instead of delaying a finished, deployable core.
Package publishing
Add only if it strengthens the engineering story instead of delaying a finished, deployable core.
Codemods
Add only if it strengthens the engineering story instead of delaying a finished, deployable core.