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I'm beginning to see the limitations of CSS for general designs and styles 

What's the next level above that for the Astro framework? 

(I can do some design in Figma and Photoshop, plugins welcome)

Generally, people build design systems  using atomic design - you design and build a reusable button or form element, and then you plug that in everywhere without writing more CSS

Generally, people build design systems  using atomic design - you design and build a reusable button or form element, and then you plug that in everywhere without writing more CSS

https://atomicdesign.bradfrost.com/chapter-2/

likes building things • https://alexgrover.me/links

The easiest way to do this for an MVP is to use an off-the-shelf component library, like shadcn/ui, material design, or chakra

There are also “headless” component libraries that help with functionality but you style yourself, which are meant for more customization. Like Radix, HeadlessUI