Beyond The Pixel
Josh Cusick, Kathy KorevecDesign system and product design deep dives. No spam ever.
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I sent a live React app to Figma. Now I’m confused.
When I first watched the Code to Canvas demo, I wasn’t skeptical. I was genuinely surprised. Shocked, even. Not because it felt gimmicky, but because it felt like a line had been crossed.
I didn’t expect Figma to prioritize something like...
If apps are dead, is context the new moat?
Kathy Korevec is a product leader and lifelong builder working at the intersection of AI and developer tools. She’s spent her career shaping developer experience at companies like Heroku, GitHub, Vercel and Google, and still writes code in...
Figma variables still don’t understand systems
Variables are one of the most important features Figma has shipped to date. They bring design closer to code, unlock new workflows, and finally give us something that feels like real infrastructure instead of clever workarounds.
But once y...
Apple’s Liquid Glass seemed like a disaster...until I looked closer
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Figma just proved everyone (including me) wrong
Figma just hosted their annual Schema Conference, and I gotta say folks. I think they nailed it.
I’ve been a detracting voice for a while now on Figma. Concerned that they have been neglecting their design system core feature sets and desi...
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Software designer at Amazon. Hybrid between design and code. Specializing in systems.
Hi! My name is Kathy. I run and work on dev tools. Currently Director of Product at Google Labs working on AI coding. Formerly GitHub, Heroku, and Vercel.
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