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From Zero to One
Looking back on the first year of Figmatic (and towards building the future), as we celebrate our 1st Birthday
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The UX Bubble
I believe that we are in the middle of a massive bubble in UX
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Figma plugins for developers
Reduce the distance between design and development closer to zero with these Figma plugins.
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Figma plugins for copywriters
Turn Figma into the ultimate design tool for copywriters and UX writers by using these Figma plugins.
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Figma plugins for beginners
An easy to understand overview of what you need to know if you're new to Figma plugins (or just need a refresher).
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Building a Figma converter plugin
After months (of 10 hour days) in development, our new Figma plugin converts designs from Figma to Sketch in one click.
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Figma vs Adobe XD
My comparisons as someone who has used both Adobe XD and Figma (in 2020).
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The best Figma plugins for high performing design teams
An overview of the best premium Figma plugins (so far).
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Nobody knows what DesignOps is
How the term “DesignOps” got corrupted and lost its way, and why it eventually won't matter anyway.
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Agile is for losers
My decade long frustrations with seeing the destructive cult of Agile™ infiltrate digital agency environments
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The need for “state driven design”
The narrow focus on “creating” design systems has largely distracted us from studying the endgame.
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Password protection for Figma designs under NDA
Introducing an InVision alternative for securely sharing confidential designs with stakeholders in Figma.
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Building a startup (in a pandemic)
Short summary of the lead up to starting my own company and the last 3 months since I founded Figmatic.
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Crossing the design “handoff” chasm
The design “handoff” process to developers is a widely accepted practice, but I think it's fundamentally broken.
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Figma vs Sketch (2020)
My personal comparisons as someone who used both Sketch and Figma for mutliple years.
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The great stagnation of design and development workflows
The propaganda of "rapid progress" of design/development workflows inside companies.
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How and why our team switched from Sketch to Figma
The blueprint I've successfully used to change things inside of a company.
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It’s time to get back to the future
Why I quit my full time job as a lead developer to start Figmatic and build a new future for design and development.
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