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Figma
A shared canvas for designing and prototyping digital products.
Design & creativity
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2026-08-13Latest mention
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I use Ableton, Figma, and Emacs regularly.Read the full discussion
We have designers producing Figma and we use Figma MCP to convert that to web pages.Read the full discussion
For example, I use this: ``` Build a Nango sync that stores Figma projects.Read the full discussion
The reason we're browser-based is the same reason I love Figma and Google Docs: no install, no waiting, just open and start.Read the full discussion
Typically I use Figma to create those screenshots, then let the agent go wild as long as it manages to get the right results.Read the full discussion
In practice people are more than willing to wait for an SPA to load if it works well (figma, gmail/gdocs, discord's browser version used to be pretty good too, and then of course there are the horrible counter-examples AWS/GCP control panels, and so on).Read the full discussion
I’ve been using Figma for a while, and true, it’s powerful.Read the full discussion
I use their Figma plugin almost every day.Read the full discussion
The only reason I use Figma MCP is that my company uses Figma and has a dedicated Figma person.Read the full discussion
> The only reason I use Figma MCP is that my company uses Figma and has a dedicated Figma person.Read the full discussion
I use Figma MCP and Cursor and it can implement the design near perfectly on first try.Read the full discussion
I love Penpot (Figma is OKRead the full discussion