2/18: Starting with an analogy – If we have to label 3 differently sized coffee cups, we can either use ml quantities or abstract names like small, medium & large. Abstract names are more scalable, allowing easy quantity adjustments later. These abstract chunks are called tokens.
3/18: Design tokens store repetitive design decisions in a platform-agnostic way. Design tokens act as a single source of truth for the design system. A design decision refers to the choice that you makes from the available choices, like choosing a brand color.