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Bas

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Design for the web without Figma
By all accounts, Figma has been an amazing tool for designers. We've used it extensively at 37signals, and I'm sure most every other software shop has too. Adobe didn't pay $20 billion for nothing. But we don't do the bulk of our design work with or in Figma when developing Basecamp or HEY for the web. That's all done directly in HTML ...
Leland Foster
Replying to @ineptules

V spicy take

Bas
Replying to @leland

Yep. Curious what people have to say about it

Bas
Replying to @andy @leland

One of my frontend colleagues told me he even uses Figma himself for hobby projects before coding. He especially likes auto layout because of how similar it is to the way he works.

Andy Chung
Replying to @ineptules @leland

Yeah like most things there's more nuance to real world workflows and you should just use whatever tool is most effective for your stage of the project imo. Classic annoying DHH bait post though lol.

Leland Foster
Replying to @andy @ineptules

fuck everything I'm going back to coding with pen and paper

Bas
Replying to @leland @andy

Flashback to a Python exam I once had 😵‍💫