“Code Connect Version 1.2 launched this week and includes support for design systems written in Angular, Vue, and HTML, an improved getting started wizard for the command line tool, and expanded configuration options for React icons.”

“Improvements to the admin console are rolling out for admins on Pro, Organization, and Enterprise. The admin console will now open in a new space with a dedicated sidebar navigation. There will also be a new interaction in the members table for managing a given user. Additionally, for Pro Teams, we have removed the Team permissions column from the Members table. Moving forward, Pro Team admins can adjust seats from the admin console and member permissions from the Team settings page.”

“After months of iterative development, including a closed beta and continuous refinement using our eval plugin, we were ready for a broader launch. Looking back, shipping this work was guided by four key principles: 1) AI for existing workflows: We applied AI to streamline tasks that users already perform, like file browsing and copying frames into their current file. 2) Rapid iteration: We continuously shipped updates to our staging environment, using insights from our internal beta to refine features. 3) Systematic quality checks: We developed custom evaluation tools to monitor and improve search result accuracy. 4) Cross-disciplinary teamwork: Our success stemmed from close cooperation across product, content, engineering, and research.”

Mihika Kapoor and Yuhki Yamashita gave a talk at the Lenny and Friends Summit on doing product reviews the right way. While I look forward to watching the full video when it’s available, the slides are pretty comprehensive. They point out that the main goal of product reviews is not making decisions but winning trust.

Joey Banks explains how to use constraints to create responsive components that work with nearly endless screen widths and heights. One hidden feature he didn’t mention is a special relationship between constraints and layout grids — see my old article ​“Using Constraints with Layout Grids in Figma” from 2020.

Luis and Molly discuss how every small and large decision was made in Figma’s Simple Design System.

Luis Ouriach: ​“If you’re working in a team with either multiple brands, multiple platforms, multiple densities, or perhaps all of the above you may be stuck trying to figure out how to structure your system/​s in Figma. Here are some loose thoughts on how I’d go about approaching the problem.”

A step-by-step video tutorial on how to create a laser beam effect.

“How do you design an app for 431 diverse national parks and monuments? By taking a page from iconic NPS park brochures. Learn how a small team adapted Massimo Vignelli’s seminal design system for a digital interface.”

Inga Hampton from Raycast shared a time-lapse of a complex model made entirely in Figma.

Meta released official UI components and resources for designing immersive experiences.

A pretty wild Slides template: ​“The Infinite Scroll is a five-dimensional entity that weaves together the stories of the past, present, and future.”

Easily switch between multiple fonts in your designs with a free plugin.

A new plugin from Vijay for creating invoices in Figma.

Paint any object or person in an image to remove it completely.

“Bloq generates entire design systems from scratch. Users input brand guidelines to get a customized, variablized component kit — including colors, typography, spacing.”