Why do GitLab designers contribute to the codebase?

This post details how designers at GitLab contribute to the codebase by setting up their development environments (GDK, GitPod), migrating UI components (e.g., buttons), and submitting merge requests for UI changes. It highlights the development of shared empathy through direct code interaction, the diversification of skill sets by learning frontend frameworks and contributing code, and the use of merge requests for proposing specific changes. The author also mentions contributing to new features like 'UX reviewer/maintainer to Danger bot' and 'shortcut for collapsible section markdown'.