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by tonyhart7 321 days ago
"but if the tool everyone uses to mock things up gains coding abilities"

adobe tried this 10 years ago (Adobe dream weaver) and failed

I literally can drag and drop design photos from drawing board to claude or open ai chat and they recreate it themselves instead of needing figma

not sure where you know that "we are cooked" its for them not us
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reactordev 321 days ago
Figma is what all the designers are using. If they turn that into a Claude for design and add the ability to complete the wireframes with AI generated code. There’s no need for engineers until after acquisition. Just maintenance.

The difference here is - Adobe tried using a proprietary stack. Figma can spit React. Everyone knows React - even if you use something else. It’s perfect timing with AI coding agents and every, single, UX team using it.

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tonyhart7 321 days ago
"Figma is what all the designers are using. If they turn that into a Claude for design and add the ability to complete the wireframes with AI generated code"

You can literally do this NOW without needing figma

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baubino 321 days ago
Yeah, but I think the point is that designers are already using figma. There’s no mass exodus of designers from figma looking for an AI solution to replace it. So figma has a large paying base to which it can introduce AI generated code (which it has done to some degree already anyway).
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tonyhart7 320 days ago
like I said earlier, I don't think you need that feature since the only drowback you screenshoot the figma design paste it chatbox and it works

like literally require minimal effort, like do you think this designer so "technology" ill ??? so they need the chatbox and preview page directly into the same page?

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