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Allons-Y Consulting

Cassondra Roberts | @castastrophe

Allons-y (ah-lo(n)-zee) is an idiomatic French expression meaning roughly,
"Let's go!"

That's exactly the energy this consulting venture brings to the web. We're here to explore how we deliver experiences at scale in a way that empowers developers to work in unison with each other and with their counterparts.

What services do we offer?

Design systems

We have a deep understanding of design systems and how to create them. As a staff engineer and open source maintainer, Cassondra has worked with a variety of design systems and has a lot of experience with building them for complex use-cases at an enterprise scale.

Front-end development

From building custom design systems to implementing enterprise-level front-end solutions, Cassondra has expertise with the latest technologies and techniques to deliver high-performing, accessible web experiences.

Open source

As a staff engineer and open source maintainer, Cassondra has worked with a variety of open source projects and has a lot of experience with building and managing communities around them. She is passionate about helping others learn and grow in the open source community.

Training

We offer training and workshops on a variety of topics, including design systems, front-end development, and open source. We can tailor our training to your specific needs and goals.

Project management

We have recently added Michael Roberts, a project management expert, to our team. As an accredited project manager, he has worked with a variety of projects including large-scale enterprise software development and digital transformation initiatives.

Let's talk

To discuss how we can work together, please book a free call with us.

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Posts

Performance monitoring for web components

November 23, 2025

Web components are great for encapsulation and reusability, but how do you know if they're performing well? This post shows how to upgrade your components with the User Timing API to get actionable insights.

tags:

web components performance tooling

A Storybook format that scales with you

October 31, 2025

Storybook is a powerful and flexible tool but with great power comes great responsibility...to architect a scalable and intuitive approach. In this post, I dive deep into techniques for building a Storybook your developers and users will love.

tags:

storybook tooling

AI as a reflection of our values

October 19, 2025

As we examine the flaws in our AI models, we begin to see parallels with the flaws already identified in our own society. What can we learn from these existing critiques and how does it apply to how we train models in the future?

tags:

ai

From Figma to code: why design systems need continuous collaboration

October 3, 2025

High-performing design systems thrive on parallel collaboration between designers and engineers. While achieving this workflow can be challenging—especially when design iterations outpace implementation—slowing down for meaningful dialogue creates opportunities to challenge assumptions and ask critical questions.

tags:

design responsive

Presentations

Presentations or interviews I've given at various events, conferences, podcasts, and streams.

Connecting with individuals and organizations to share my knowledge and experiences is one of my favorite parts of my job. I'd love to hear about your event or podcast to see how we can work together. Grab a free call to discuss your needs.

CSS Day | 2023

Shining Light on the Shadow DOM

All about the Shadow DOM and how to use it to build better web components.

DrupalCon | 2019

Unlocking design in a design system with custom properties

A deep-dive on how to leverage custom properties to create a flexible and customizable design system.

DrupalCon | 2019

Make web development fun again, with web components!

A joint presentation with Penn State on how web components can make development workflows fun and efficient.

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