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Rasmus Andersson shared a few screenshots from the early days of Figma.

Beautiful work by Tim Van Damme. See a sneak peek of a few more on their way.

Sweet, the text in Figma is now autocompleted with AI.

Nolan Perkins argues that code layers are ​“a window into what our design workflows will look like in the age of AI.”

Of course, the elephant in the room is the sneak peek by Figma that native Liquid Glass support is coming soon.

Allan Yu imitates the Liquid Glass effect in Figma by using the new texture feature in Figma Draw. A few other takes using similar techniques by Camden, Luis Ouriach, Brett from Designjoy, Max, and Ben South — some are with the Figma files as well.

John LePore explains refraction — light passes from one material to the next — for non-3D designers.

You can now add custom interactions and animations to your Figma Sites using code layers. Code layers let you create, edit, and manage live code on your site. Use built-in AI chat or write your own code with React, TypeScript, and Tailwind support.

Vercel introduced the new design mode in v0 — quickly tweak generated copy, typography, layout, colors, styling, and mode. These changes do not require spending credits or waiting for an LLM. Tailwind and shadcn/​ui are supported out of the box.

Creative possibilities provided by new Figma Draw tools are truly inspiring.

I always learn something new from Molly — today it’s grade support in fonts. Read more in the Grade axis (GRAD) article at Google Fonts.

Molly shows how to simplify a common list design element by using the new Grids instead of nesting vertical Auto Layout stacks inside horizontal rows.

First, that illustration from Miggi is very cute. Second, I have no idea how these talented minds at the Figma Draw team made all of these complex visual effects exportable to SVG. Mad respect!

Luis explores what Notion’s design system could look like and how he would approach building it from scratch, including naming conventions and an opinion on the component structure.

Meng To first wrote a comprehensive guide on UI prompting, and now recorded this 44-minute tutorial as well.

Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator, on why more designers should be founders: “…as many designers are worried about AI replacing their jobs, the real opportunity is for designers to use AI themselves to launch their own products and build their own companies. The design job of the future will be ​‘founder.’”

Mal highlights a few core features of Buzz — bulk create, make or edit images with AI, and wonderful templates to get started.

Luis shares a bunch of examples made with Figma Make.

I don’t see myself using Draw much, but I’m so happy it’s here for talented artists like Mehak Samaiya.

A rare feature that’s both underrated and long-awaited.