November 17, 2022

Harper Atlas on Tailwind From the Perspective of a Designer

39 minutes

We are excited to have SmartLogic's own Harper Atlas as our guest on Elixir Wizards today! Harper, a product designer at SmartLogic (and cat lady at home), joins us on this episode to parse the particulars of the Tailwind framework from a designer's perspective. Join us to gain insights from our first non-engineer guest in this spirited conversation with Harper!

Key Points From This Episode:

We learn about Harper’s journey into the UX field

Harper breaks down her day-to-day life as a product designer at SmartLogic

What the difference between FigMa and FigJam is

The good & bad sides of Tailwind

What goes into developer handoff and how that varies depending on the company and team

The importance of finding common language and bridging the gap between developer island and design island within a developer handoff

The features that Harper doesn’t like about Tailwind

How Tailwind has started to feel like the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon

Harper gives developers some advice on how to be more helpful to designers while working in a Tailwind space

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

Harper Atlas on LinkedIn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/harper-atlas