Why the heck do you need a Design System?

From the modular design patterns in the 1960s to the Atomic design framework designed and published by Brad Frost in 2016, design systems have been around for a while, however, these have only become popular in the tech world in the last 5 years.

I have no doubts that the implementation of design systems have brought more positives than negatives to the way we build and ship products, but…