The Figma Plugin System Figma is a design tool that has become the industry standard, similar to how Photoshop became the defacto for photo editing. When everyone uses one tool, it only follows that there will be functionality that different groups of people need that isn’t immediately supported. To bridge the gap in functionality, a plugin system is the go-to solution for letting people extend a system how they see fit....
The goal for this year is to: “write and publish something every day.” So far I have been doing a good job keeping up with this. In my pursuit to build larger compositions of thoughts, next year will be themed accordingly; I want to write a book. How does one go about choosing the topic to write a book about? It is probably something that you spend a lot of time thinking about....
Every morning, as the first light bled into the room, the software engineer’s alarm would chirp, marking another day’s beginning. The routine was as predictable as the sunrise. Wake, stretch, sip a coffee, and sit before the computer. The screen springs to life, revealing a grid of familiar faces. Standup meeting — the daily ritual. Each square held an expression; some were tired, some eager, but all were familiar. Pixels and bandwidth conveying nuances, the raise of an eyebrow, the half-hidden yawn....
We have created a fusion AI-powered trading card game where you can talk into a microphone, and it will transcribe what you say. Let’s discuss the features of this game. When you look at the camera, you will see stacks of uniquely generated cards. Each card is created by an AI based on a short prompt. We have various themes for these cards, and each theme has a corresponding image and a Chat GPT Element name....
I don’t like how long it takes for me to figure out ideas. Too much code is written before I figure out what I wanted is not what I made. There is a bookstore near me that I frequent and on the shelf was the book Drawing Ideas. Through this book, I have come to appreciate the importance of sketching in unlocking creativity and exploring new avenues of value. Through observation and simplification, sketching allows us to see our ideas projected onto a medium, much like using our voice to sketch out thoughts verbally....