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# Chris Strahl

Hosts the show that has interviewed this field since 2019, 143 episodes, renamed from the Design Systems Podcast to Patterns in January 2026. The rename moved the subject from design systems to context, AI and systems thinking.

## Links

- podcast: https://www.designsystemspodcast.com/

## Edges

- authored -> Designing the Learning Loop: Context, AI, and Compound Systems
- focus -> Adoption and mandate, Agentic governance, Context engineering, Maturity and readiness models
- works_at -> Knapsack

## Sources

- https://www.designsystemspodcast.com/