Why “Figma” is being discussed
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Location: Boston Remote: All modes of engagement work Willing to relocate: Available to NYC Technologies: Rhino, Figma Weave/Weavy, Vizcom, Panoptic symbol spotting, Julia,…
by baoooooooooooo · Oct 2, 2026
1. Some people start hijacking user agents 2. We made our own optimized MCP in just two weekends. It uses the plain figma API and returns a cleaned down intermediate structure,…
by vovkasm · Oct 2, 2026
The smartest thing they could have done is a platform play which is to try make their own React that was Figma native. A hard thing to do, but certainly doable if you consider w…
by jeffybefffy519 · Oct 1, 2026
Location: Ontario, Canada (EST) Remote: Remote preferred, open to hybrid in Greater Toronto Area Willing to relocate: Open to relocation in the GTA Technologies: Frontend: React…
by PlasmaDiffusion · Oct 1, 2026
Figma exists as an abstraction of code, which has always made it kind of difficult for them to implement code. For example, they have css snippets in dev mode when you have a fr…
by miguel-muniz · Oct 1, 2026
They tried. Figma Make was at least useful for the free tokens.
by 14u2c · Oct 1, 2026
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Figma is a collaborative web-based application for user interface design. It supports the design of mobile apps, websites, and illustrations, and has 13 million users as of 2025. It is the product of the eponymous Figma, Inc., founded in 2012 by Dylan Field and Evan Wallace. Read more on Wikipedia