Off late, the frontend engineering at Razorpay has become more of a data entry job. The design system (god knows how many years it will take to be completely ready) is restricting both the devs and the designers a LOT. Designers are literally fed up with being dictated to design things only in a particular way (limiting even animations, font-size, choice of italics v/s bold). There was even a long 2 month discussion to get font size for a component to support higher value, if you honestly want to know.
The so called core team has been developing blade since God knows when. Agree that they've done a great work with tokens and other stuff, but it seems that by the time it's ready, it'll already be outdated design wise (suxs).
So, any other devs, all they have to do is follows.
If your company has some interesting approach to this, please add in the comments.
Ah this is why I hang around here. Thanks for the sauce
Hello. Senior FE at Razorpay. Not from the Blade team though. Since not everyone in the comments has all the context, i'll try to explain why things are the way they are:
If you are wondering why an org even needs a DS, take a look at Google. Their UI is very consistent across all products thanks to their Material UI DS and guidelines. With Blade, the aim is similar that across products like Razorpay, X, and others, the UI should look consistent
Criticism that i have with the team:
Not sure why the developer is complaining of slowness. DS should never be a launch-blocker. If it’s not available in the library, just write it and ship it. DS team can then pick it up, standardise it and add it to the library.
Unless the design and product team is blocked from experimenting - DS will never be a blocker.
Thanks for adding that context @LuckyPalak10!
This is my estimation and I could be wrong. Also I’m in a hurry so it’s not we’ll articulated -
A couple years ago when I was rejected for a senior engineer role, I was sad for a bit. I’d cleared all rounds and did a more than satisfactory job in the final round. But I quickly learned that they were trying to find a culture-fit (more like cult-fit) than a suitable engineer.
I was awe-struck (at the time) by their lead UI engineers. They are talented, no doubt! During the final interview, we were discussing my past accomplishments and I felt that they weren’t impressed because I come from a different tech stack than theirs, although I came with a superior/cutting edge tech experience.
The lady in the interview was a dud and had no meaningful questions for me. But her tonality was judgemental rather than curious about my work. The guy was cool but seemed biased from the get-go.
I’m sure I must have done a few mistakes which got me rejected. But I was glad. Didn’t want to be a part of a team which encourages groupism/cult/fanfare.
I’m at a good place right now. Doing far better than I would have at RZP. God is gracious 😇
@GeneralZod I don’t remember now 🫠
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