How To Deal With Crap Design

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Hey, it’s Kushagra. Welcome to this week’s AtlasMoth drop.

Trash creeps into the design, quick hacks, first tries, and rushed fixes. But when that junk hits the style stack, trust breaks.

This week, we’re keeping it clean: how to protect your base, build smart layers, and stop trash before it spreads.

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“Don’t drop trash in the style stack.” – Josh Clark

Josh said it best. No trash in the style stack.

What’s trash?
Rush jobs, low qualifications, first tries, one-offs, quick hacks, no tests, checks, or plans.

Trash pops up.
Why? No time. Big asks. Tight clocks. Fast ships. Bad takes. Mid skill. Too much noise.

Fine. Trash shows up.
But it can’t go in the style stack.

Style stacks are the base. They must hold.
They need clean, true, high-quality bits that all teams trust.

Trash breaks trust. When folks find junk in the stack, they stop using it. They dodge it. The whole thing breaks down.

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So what now?

Fix for trash:

• Chill the speed.
  Yup, wild ask. But fast moves make more mess.

• Use stack tiers.
  Like cake. Style stack at base. App stack on top. Leave trash in the app, not the base.

• Let stacks move at their own pace.
  Style goes slow, strong. Apps go fast, loose. Each on their track.

• Add a "how-to" stack.
  Teams can test hacks here. If they break, it’s fine. It’s not in the core.

• Talk first.
  Chat 'fore you build. Talk saves time. Plan the mess. Pay off tech debt smart.

• Branch it.
  Code knows this. Design should too. Work in the branch. Check it. Don’t merge trash.

TL;DR:
Trash comes. That’s life. But don’t dump it in the style stack.

Clean code. Test gaps filled. Docs made. Junk out.

Token set. Mods in. Team talks on lock.

They fix the mess. They keep the stacks clean.