.NET Rocks! Design at GitHub with Diana Mounter
Aug 28, 2025
Diana Mounter, the head of design at GitHub with a rich background in systems thinking and inclusive design, shares her journey in shaping GitHub’s user experience. She discusses the evolution of design at the platform, the importance of integrating design with coding, and insights into the GitHub Primer design system. The conversation also touches on the dynamics of collaboration between design and engineering, the role of generative AI in shaping modern design, and how creativity must balance with practicality in tech.
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Code As A Design Material
- Treat code as a design material alongside Figma and paper to better prototype interactions.
- Designers who can code produce closer-to-real results and clearer interaction decisions.
Respect CSS Complexity
- CSS has depth and subtlety that designers often underestimate.
- Understanding markup and styling is essential when swapping components across breakpoints.
How GitHub Drew Her In
- Diana discovered GitHub at a hackathon in 2010 and fell in love with version control.
- She migrated her WordPress site to Jekyll and hosted it on GitHub Pages to stay close to the code.
