Skipping Figma, human after all, Figma grid, accessibility as an afterthought

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3 min readMay 19, 2025

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“The most important outcome was that I communicated the design intent more clearly and quickly by leaning into a tool that was better suited for the job than static mockups. I don’t know how much of the code I generated was actually used by the engineers on my team. But that’s not what mattered.”

Why I skipped Figma and prototyped in code instead →
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Patrick Morgan

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