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Config 2025: Figma product launch keynote (Dylan Field, CEO & Co-founder, Figma)
Open design systems from the Figma Community
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Folk Tech Futures Workshop & Atmospheric Afterpartea · Luma
Join us for our next in-person Folk Tech event! What could the future look like in a world of open protocols and community-driven technology? What could we do…
Figma’s CEO on his new approach to AI
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Folk Tech Showcase! - April 2026 - Project Show & Tell · Luma
Folk Tech is a movement among people who want to develop apps for their community without depending on big tech companies and a community of developers making…
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Workshops — Guiding Threads Collective
Our skill-building workshops help participants build their toolkit around key organizational development areas, including growing leadership skills, developing generative conflict practices, and making collaborative decisions.
The future is low-tech: lessons from the early 2000s ft. Jésabel DC | Config 2026
Thanks NLNet Fdn for organizing a great workshop on web browsers! Rad group of participants, including @torproject.org @igalia.com @auxilit.com @aapoalas.trynova.dev @ma1.bsky.social Sounds like they'll do more in 2026, you can sign up to be notified here: nlnet.nl/workshops/#browsers
NLnet, @nlnet@nlnet.nl
social.nlnet.nlA great talk from @jenson.org on why and how to move the desktop paradigm forward. I especially loved the prototypes/concepts; even if not perfectly refined it’s still nice to see someone put some stakes in the ground. (And FWIW I think they were all pretty solid!)
Scott Jenson
Thoroughly enjoyed speaking at #UbuntuSummit today. Thank you organizers! I spoke about the need for new foundational #UX improvements to the Desktop UX. Very lively audience! youtube.com/live/WvNgMEumSoA?t=17225s
Plugins for Figma Design Systems
I spend a lot of time working on Design Systems, typically for large multi-platform products. I made this collection for essential (to me) Figma plugins. Some are very sophisticated. Some are simple and do one job really well.
Find Variables
Specs 2
Nested Instances
Background Apply To All
Print Variables
Version History → Slack
