From Google to Generative AI: ranking top Internet services in 2023
Building on similar reports we’ve done over the past two years, we have compiled a ranking of the top Internet properties of 2023
When net zero isn’t enough: Deepening our commitment to climate action by investing in the future
With our biggest ever investment in sustainability, Figma ensures that vanguard technologies the future depends on will continue to scale.
Our Journey Migrating to AWS IMDSv2
We are heavy users of Amazon Compute Compute Cloud (EC2) at Slack — we run approximately 60,000 EC2 instances across 17 AWS regions while operating hundreds of AWS accounts. A multitude of teams own and manage our various instances. The Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) is an on-instance component that can be used to gain an…
As payments evolve, enterprises turn to Stripe
Enterprise businesses turn to Stripe for innovation and reliability. Stripe has invested in enterprise payment solutions such as payment optimizations, payment method coverage, faster payouts, multiprocessor support, and streamlined account structure.
Issue no.2: Rework your work
Figma’s editorial newsletter about how products take shape—and shape our world.
Test Driven Development
A Chain Reaction
The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.
Building Components For Consumption, Not Complexity (Part 1) — Smashing Magazine
Design systems can be of immense help, but failure to adopt them invalidates the hard work that goes into building the thing in the first place! In this two-part series of articles, Luis shares his experience with design systems and how you can overcome the potential pitfalls.
Enforcing device trust on code changes
How the Figma security engineering team protects GitHub release branches.
Why cultivating a prototyping culture will help you build better products
Prototyping, once an eleventh-hour nice-to-have, has risen to become a critical tool at multiple points in the product development workflow.
Top 10 things we shipped this year
From the Handoff Hero to the Scroll-stopper, we crown our favorite updates and features rolled out in 2023.
Figma’s 2023 Handoff
Signing off to 2023 and bringing the best of Figma into 2024.
From Slack-lash to Toggle Tax: The new vernacular of work
New norms call for new terms. Our new unofficial work term glossary uncovers how work defined us and how we define it.
Shipping hype: PMs on what it takes to bring AI features to market
Explore how to build AI features that users trust with insights from Product Managers at Figma, Duolingo, Asana, and LinkedIn.
Tap into shortcuts with a new custom keyboard from Figma x Work Louder
How mechanical keyboards unite joy and efficiency, and a look at our collaboration with Work Louder.
Come together: A multiplayer guide to great meetings
Facilitators and participants alike can take meetings from “meh” to magical.
Upgrading GitHub.com to MySQL 8.0
GitHub uses MySQL to store vast amounts of relational data. This is the story of how we seamlessly upgraded our production fleet to MySQL 8.0.
From macOS runners to secure deployments, what’s new from GitHub Actions
Read a roundup of the exciting, new innovation coming from GitHub Actions.
GitHub Innovation Graph Q2 2023 Data Release
Discover the latest trends and insights on public software development activity on GitHub with the release of Q2 2023 data for the Innovation Graph.
Patching around a C++ crash with a little bit of Lua
Preparing For Interaction To Next Paint, A New Web Core Vital — Smashing Magazine
Starting in March 2024, Interaction to Next Paint will formally replace First Input Delay as a Core Web Vital metric. Learn how the two metrics differ, why we needed a new way to measure interaction responsiveness, and how you can start optimizing the performance of your site now for a seamless transition to the latest Core Web Vital metric.
How we used OpenBMC to support AI inference on GPUs around the world
This is what Cloudflare has been able to do so far with OpenBMC with respect to our GPU-equipped servers
All your questions about variables answered (and a few you didn’t even know you had)
Our latest variable updates bring design and code even closer, and an unprecedented level of customizability to your designs. Product Manager Jacob Miller breaks it down and answers your questions.
Building a design system that breathes with Headspace
Headspace uses Figma advanced features like variables to optimize their design system and unlock better collaboration with developers and growth opportunities.