Figma Config 2024

Software Development Maps Code Coverage

Waymo Landing Page

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Waymo

A self-driving technology development company.

This was also my first time in downtown San Francisco, and I had the opportunity to do a bit of sightseeing while I was there too. However, I think the most standout part was these crazy self-driving cars from Waymo. I saw a concept version of these back at Google IO in 2018, and it's wild to be driven around by one. The future is truly here.

#Maps #Mapping And GIS #Ride Sharing 12 social mentions
GitHub Landing Page
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GitHub

Originally founded as a project to simplify sharing code, GitHub has grown into an application used by over a million people to store over two million code repositories, making GitHub the largest code host in the world.
Pricing:
- Open Source
Another standout talk for me was from GitHub, which discussed challenges with its design system, Primer. They went into detail about how organisational changes have altered the course of its development and how they've had to adjust to the needs of the business over time to adapt and grow. As an engineering lead, I really resonated with this talk.

#Software Development #Code Collaboration #Git 2081 social mentions
Figma Landing Page

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Figma

Team-based interface design, Figma lets you collaborate on designs in real time.

This past week I attended the 2024 Figma Config conference. The conference was held in person in San Francisco, California, at the Moscone Convention Center and was a great opportunity to learn more about Figma and how other teams in the industry manage their design systems.

#Design Tools #Prototyping #Design Collaboration 102 social mentions
ESLint Landing Page
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ESLint

The fully pluggable JavaScript code quality tool
Pricing:
- Open Source
I was worried that some design system talks would be too high level without showing actual examples of the problems they solved. I was pleasantly surprised, though, that there was a good amount of substance in the talks I attended. One that stood out in particular was a talk from Atlassian, which discussed how they improved the adoption of their system. They used practical examples around how they built ESLint rules, scorecards, and more aggressive delivery methods to help speed up the overall process of getting teams onboarded faster. The biggest takeaway from that talk was that not all adoption is good adoption, and helping guide others through education, tooling, and relationship building helped with the overall goal of getting adoption rates higher across their organisation using the intended patterns.

#Code Coverage #Developer Tools #Code Quality 237 social mentions