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Design systems for mission software: tokens, states, and failure modes

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Operators do not read tooltips under stress. If a control looks inactive when it is merely idle, you have introduced a class of mistakes that no amount of training fully removes.

Make dangerous actions expensive, reversible actions obvious, and silent failures impossible.

This aligns with the single-article layout: strong typographic hierarchy, restrained chrome, and surfaces that stay legible in sunlight and in a dark tent.

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