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Design To Code

Notes and curated resources tagged design-to-code.

Rauno Freiberg (Every) – September 2026

Invisible Details of Interaction Design

A 3000-word essay deconstructing what makes interactions feel right, through metaphors and examples. Written by a staff design engineer at Vercel – the definitive "designer who builds" read.

craft
ui
design-to-code

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Cover artwork for “From Figma to Production: The Modern Design-to-Code Pipeline in 2026”

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HorizonX – July 2026

From Figma to Production: The Modern Design-to-Code Pipeline in 2026

Overview of current design-to-code tools and what works in production. It helped me separate promising automation from production-ready practice – useful when choosing a dependable design-to-code workflow.

design-systems
design-to-code
tooling

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Cover artwork for “What the Design-to-Code Loop Unlocks”

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Figma – May 2026

What the Design-to-Code Loop Unlocks

Clear explanation of how design and code workflows are converging. It gave me a clearer model for preserving design intent through implementation – directly relevant when one person owns both design and code.

design-systems
design-to-code
figma

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Cover artwork for “Design to Code Articles”

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Builder.io – September 2025

Design to Code Articles

Practical guides on shipping faster with design systems and code. Its practical examples reinforce where systems save real production time and where generated code still needs judgment.

design-systems
engineering
design-to-code

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