Little background. I am a freelance web designer and developer. Tbh I’m also frustrated with how limited design tools compared to CSS, grid and oklch color syntax are game changers. I always find myself trying to bend figma, with plug-ins and hacks, to make it fit the css model I have in my head.

Even tho you're in CSS, at first, still focus on the expression of something cool and worry about a design system or good code later. Worry less and design cooler, fix code once the thing is rad Also try and use container queries more, should help component reuse and spur creativity