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World Congress 2023 • Nov 10, 2023

DB UX Design System – How we’ve open sourced our largest inner source project

Anna Schoderer , Maximilian Franzke

Open-sourcing your internal design system is the ultimate quality gate. Learn how Deutsche Bahn leverages Mitosis to generate framework-agnostic components for over 1,000 developers.

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Managing enterprise frontend complexity across diverse web applications

Managing diverse enterprise web applications introduces framework fragmentation and steep non-functional requirements.

#2 about 2 min

Decreasing technical complexity through open source collaboration models

Addressing software complexity by collaborating with external partners enables component reuse and enforces consistent quality gates.

#3 about 3 min

Fostering an internal open source culture for enterprise developers

Overcoming documentation gaps by granting developers dedicated time for open source contributions drives cross-team collaboration.

#4 about 1 min

Organizing leadership and community support for open source

Structuring architecture guilds and special interest groups reduces organizational silos by unifying enterprise-wide open source initiatives.

#5 about 2 min

Transitioning an enterprise design system to open source

Resolving external partner exclusion by moving an inner source design system to public repositories ensures efficient component reuse.

#6 about 2 min

Selecting a technical stack for cross-platform UI components

Using design tokens and UI generators solves framework incompatibility by providing unified components across diverse frontend stacks.

#7 about 2 min

Agile team processes and progressive component quality gates

Preventing component degradation requires interdisciplinary teams to implement automated pipelines and visual regression testing.

#8 about 3 min

Managing community contributions and technical frontend tooling transitions

Triaging internal community feedback into public issues helps teams successfully navigate major technical migrations away from restrictive tooling.

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Expanding open source contributions from the creative design community

Pablo Ruiz-Muzquiz · Coffee With Developers

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Transitioning a platform framework from inner-source to open-source

Artem Lajko · Europe 2026 Virtual

1:27 min

Applying open source practices to internal company development

Dennis Doomen Dennis Doomen · World Congress 2025

5:01 min

Fueling major tech companies and the open source ecosystem

David Heinemeier Hansson David Heinemeier Hansson +1 · Coffee With Developers

2:31 min

Real-world web components in the Carbon design system

Tobias Scholz Tobias Scholz · World Congress 2025

1:31 min

Abstracting internal engineering solutions into generic open source projects

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