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Stop exporting JSON tokens and use CSS variables instead

A designer tagged me in a Figma comment on Tuesday morning. They wanted to know if we could start exporting our brand tokens as deeply nested JSON files.

  • JSON token exporting adds unnecessary complexity to styling workflows
  • CSS variables offer simpler, browser-understood styling solution
  • Company stopped using JSON tokens, now uses CSS variables directly

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