The source of truth shouldn't be figma, but the code

GitHub - onlook-dev/onlook: The open source Cursor for Designers. Design directly in your live React app and publish your changes to code. https://github.com/onlook-dev/onlook?s=09 GitHub - onlook-dev/onlook: The open source Cursor for Designers. Design directly in your live React app and publish your changes to code. The open source Cursor for Designers. Design directly in your live React app and publish your changes to code. - onlook-dev/onlook

Nth attempt to solve the designer/developer problem. An open source tool for designers to work with react components.

Figma has been trying to convince designers that they are the source of truth, therefore, a handover process is required. And it's the developer job to translate designs into code.

But the reality is that developers are convinced of the opposite. Figma is the just theory, but truth is whatever you ship to customers. And that’s code.

This is another case of Segal’s Law:

A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure

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