A behind the scenes look at the technical problems we faced and how we solved them.

After integrating Dev Mode into our design system workflow, I’ve gathered several insights to help teams navigate this powerful tool. Here are my top takeaways.

Migrating onto Kubernetes can take years. Here’s why we decided it was worth undertaking, and how we moved a majority of our core services.

How dynamic page loading improved the slowest load times by 33%

After years of playing catch-up with Figma’s growth, it was time to fundamentally rethink LiveGraph’s architecture.

How we cut build times by 50% and shipped a solution for scale.

The Washington Post’s inclusive process for creating new design system components bridges the gap between design and development.

In a famous 1972 interview, Charles Eames answered a short sequence of fundamental questions about the nature of design.

Our nine month journey to horizontally shard Figma’s Postgres stack, and the key to unlocking (nearly) infinite scalability.

When our permissions system broke at the seams, everything came to a halt. This is the story of how we fixed it.

Large prototypes took minutes to load, and users took notice. Here’s how we overhauled our prototype player to improve load time and stability.

Shishir Mehrotra shares tips for harnessing the power of the braintrust, asking the right questions, and landing a moonshot.

Design Manager Juli Sombat sheds light on how a need for more cohesion led Spotify’s design systems team to approach components in a new way.

The best teams understand what they’re producing, why they’re doing it, and how they can get it done—here's how manager's can make it happen.

How the Figma infrastructure team reduced potential instability by scaling to multiple databases.

Software Engineer Dorothy Chen explains the technical challenges and opportunities in making Figma keyboard shortcuts more accessible for everyone.