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          <title><![CDATA[Design Systems That Get Used]]></title>
          <dc:creator>Rob Harr</dc:creator>
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          <description><![CDATA[Everyone plans for how difficult it is to build a design system that scales. Almost nobody plans for how hard it is to get people to use one.]]></description>
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          <title><![CDATA[How to Navigate the AI Blind Spot]]></title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Using AI without really understanding it creates real risks for your business. This article breaks down what those risks look like, how they can snowball, and six things you can do to get ahead of them.
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          <description><![CDATA[Does your Figma file still match what shipped? Explore how design drift happens, why it's not a failure, and how to reconcile it before it compounds.]]></description>
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          <title><![CDATA[AI at Work: Design Systems]]></title>
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          <description><![CDATA[Design systems have always been about finding the right balance between rules and freedom, structure and speed. ]]></description>
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          <dc:date>2026-07-24T10:00:00.000Z</dc:date>
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          <title><![CDATA[Making Images Accessible]]></title>
          <dc:creator>Kasey Bonifacio</dc:creator>
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          <description><![CDATA[When people think about accessible images, they often think about alternative text, or alt text. While alt text is an important part of image accessibility, creating accessible images involves more than writing a description and adding it to an image.]]></description>
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          <title><![CDATA[Expedition Teams to Drive Innovation]]></title>
          <dc:creator>Leah Henderson</dc:creator>
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          <description><![CDATA[In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, staying ahead of emerging technologies and industry shifts isn't just beneficial, it's essential.  At Sparkbox, we've discovered a powerful approach to continuous learning that keeps our team sharp and delivers tangible value to our clients: expedition teams.]]></description>
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          <title><![CDATA[Building AI Skills: What I’m Learning]]></title>
          <dc:creator>Chris Schmelter, Sparkbox</dc:creator>
          <link>https://sparkbox.com/foundry/ai_expedition_june_2026_building_ai_skills</link>
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          <description><![CDATA[Building AI skills taught me that the most valuable part is not the prompt itself, but the thinking, structure, and refinement behind it.]]></description>
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          <title><![CDATA[Meeting You Where You Are]]></title>
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          <dc:date>2026-06-10T10:00:00.000Z</dc:date>
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          <title><![CDATA[A Case for Both]]></title>
          <dc:creator>Marissa Huysentruyt</dc:creator>
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          <description><![CDATA[Lit and React both have a place in the web toolbelt, but each solves different problems for different teams.]]></description>
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          <dc:subject><![CDATA[Developer Tools, JavaScript, React]]></dc:subject>
          <dc:date>2026-05-27T10:00:00.000Z</dc:date>
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          <title><![CDATA[Beyond the Vibes: AI-Assisted Development]]></title>
          <dc:creator>Jon Oliver</dc:creator>
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          <description><![CDATA[AI coding tools are making it possible to build software faster than ever before. But speed alone is not enough. Leveraging AI alongside good development practices helps us move faster without sacrificing quality.]]></description>
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