SHOULD I DESIGN FOR HUMANS OR MACHINES?

Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

UX and design systems are evolving from being built solely for human interpretation to also serving AI and machine “users,” exposing how traditional, flexible, human-centered documentation often fails when machines require explicit structure, logic, and rules. Future design systems will need two parallel layers: descriptive guidance for humans and machine-readable specifications that define decisions, constraints, and behaviors in precise, executable formats.