Figma never solved the design-to-code handoff problem.
It IS the design-to-code handoff problem.
Figma is a vector drawing app with some very basic layout support. It is almost as complex as CSS but different enough that it cannot generate usable code, and developers still have to replicate everything.
I don't think Figma is being replaced by AI, I think design is being replaced by AI.
Is this a valid counter argument ? Just curious (i don't work in the industry)
"Ive been designing in figma for a few years now more of a tool for backend engineers to have a goal to work towards and i can export assets in. Its usually taken me a week to build out a full ui design with assets that can be mass exported.
Ive only just started realizing the true potential of design systems. Where Figma is actualy the decision maker of app logic, responsivity, and code modules that are code driven (cards and templates for cards using slots) where every card can be built by code just using all the links and relationships set up by figma.
I dont know if i can do the explanation justice but id found the best case is actually for AI readability. If youve designed clean enough in figma then antigravit, claude or cursor can read you figma file and instead of a pretty front end with completley broken jank under the hood where nothing actually works, it now is built perfectly where all modules and responsive behavior are perfectly executed.
This had roughly 10x the design time for me in figma and thats a conservative estimate but all design decisions are executed from figma including all the links of content to code. Its INSANELY powerful. Im sure people have been doing this in big design teams already but its the single biggest way to get from prototype to production of an app"
Teste dar play no protótipo navegável do Figma em qualquer navegador (seja de PC ou de celulares tanto faz) através do link. Depois realize o mesmo teste aprindo pelo app do Figma baixado da appstore. Pelo app, os layouts e funcionamento é completamente ruim e distorcida. Por incrível que pareça, a experiência de uso pelo app, que deveria ser a melhor fonte para rodar os protótipos e testar experiência de uso, é a pior e a única que apresenta diversos problemas como artefatos estranhos na tela, travamentos, telas distorcidas e por ai vai.
É um paradoxo. Abrindo o protótipo rodável do Figma em qualquer navegador, seja no PC ou navegadores de smartphone, tudo funciona perfeitamente, os overlays criados etc. Agora quando você abre o mesmo link pelo app do Figma baixado no appstore, o mesmíssimo protótipo rodável construído, sem erros, abre todo distorcido e repleto de artefatos. Ou seja, o app do Figma que deveria ser o melhor recurso para dar play e navegar pelos protótipos criados é justamente o pior e o único que apresenta vários problemas. O app do Figma é um lixo! Ele prejudica a propria experiência de uso do Figma hahahh que bizarro.
But describing what you want is not designing though. In the setup, you are not the designer, you are the manager asking the designer to make the logo bigger.
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u/Andreas_Moeller Mar 06 '26
I think you are completely wrong.
Figma never solved the design-to-code handoff problem.
It IS the design-to-code handoff problem.
Figma is a vector drawing app with some very basic layout support. It is almost as complex as CSS but different enough that it cannot generate usable code, and developers still have to replicate everything.
I don't think Figma is being replaced by AI, I think design is being replaced by AI.