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Senior Design Engineer | Design Systems | React + TypeScript | Motion | Storybook | Accessibility | DX + AI Tooling | OSS Maintainer
Funding Links: https://github.com/sponsors/marklearst
Mark Learst · United States · @marklearst · 42 followers · 236 stars · 92 repositories · joined April 2025
GitHub Sponsors Profile
Hey, I’m Mark.
I’ve been designing UIs since 1998 and writing code since 2001. Design Engineer Architect, accessibility advocate. ASL was my first language, learned so I could communicate with my older brother who is legally blind and deaf. That’s not a talking point. It’s why I build the way I build.
What I’m working on
@figma-vars/hooks React hooks for Figma Variables with offline mode. Built because Figma locked variable access behind Enterprise APIs. Now any team can use design tokens in code without paying for Enterprise.
a11y Companion A Figma widget that bakes accessibility auditing into the design workflow, not after it.
Diabetic Utils Glucose and metabolic health tools built from lived experience.
Variable Design Standard (VDS) A spec for how design tokens should be structured, named, and consumed across teams.
Why sponsorship matters
None of this is backed by a company. It happens between contract roles and raising three kids. Sponsorship keeps these projects maintained, free, and moving forward for the teams and solo devs who need them most.
If something I’ve built has saved you time or helped your team ship better UI, this is how you can back that work directly.
0 current sponsors · 0 past · 0 total · $1.00 minimum
Past Sponsorships
codingtrain
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