[kaelig]

Thank you for sharing – and good luck, as this is a tough situation to be in.

Some teams neglect to consider the entire lifecycle of a token and introduce too many, too early. They can bring a ton of value, but it has to be weighed against the learning curve and maintenance burden.

The industry is full of very eager folks who get into design systems but were never on the receiving end of one, and who sometimes overdo it.

Like I said in another comment: "systems people will systematize".

Design tokens are not the cure nor the problem, but like any approach, it can go wrong when taken too far or is owned by folks too siloed from engineering to realize their full power.