Design Systems Breakfast with Slava Shkodin

On September 4th, 2025, the breakfast featured Slava Shkodin, a Frontend Tech Lead with over 15 years of experience in frontend development, who dove into "UnoCSS: Instant On-demand Atomic CSS Engine, that nobody speaks about (but they should)" — a fascinating look at this powerful yet under-discussed tool.

The session covered:

• A quick overview of atomic CSS approaches
• Current atomic CSS solutions landscape
• Deep dive into UnoCSS: how it works, benefits, and limitations
• Live demo showcasing the tool's flexibility

With his extensive experience in everything from marketing websites to complex SPAs, and expertise in React, Angular, and modern CSS, Vladislav brought a wealth of practical knowledge to this topic, offering insights that could transform how we think about CSS architecture in design systems.

Artifacts

If you want to explore Slava's UnoCSS setup, here's the demo repository: https://github.com/smashercosmo/unocss-showcase

You can simply run pnpm storybook and see how everything works.