@trh

8 says it doesn't look good. They had such a massive head start — they were already generating code from designs! Easy Storybook integrations! — but they seem to have overlooked the potential for too long. They were focused on designers as design took a back seat to progress & outcomes; it's not a question about building the tech, it's about serving a new user and customer. Dylan is wicked smart, but from the outside it looks like they're too bogged down by internal battles & inertia. His interview on Invest Like the Best was intolerable for me; he had nothing to say about how AI is changing their product & business. I'm hopeful they find a way, though. Product design was already having a rough season, and Figma might be the last defense against self-referential product design slop.

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