A cautionary tale of Figma and the series of events that led to its latest release at the Config23 Conference. Read to the end to see the other side.

While the summer season seems to be the time when trends slow down some, there are still new things happening in website design. Often this is a season of design evolution, rather than complete overhauls of standard design practices.

To be honest, the layoff didn’t come as a shock. Over the past few weeks, I noticed that my workload was gradually decreasing. I went from worrying about meeting deadlines to spending hours documenting my work.

In Snippets Studio, save code that you frequently use or want to reference later. Organize your code with custom languages and tags and sync your snippets to your iCloud-enabled devices. No need to search through old projects or browser tabs for code you need!

But how long until they take the human out of it as well?

We love the website of Euphemia for its clean and slick design. It has a wonderful motif and some playful interactions. Our pick for the inspirational website of the week.

Here are all the updates that have been announced in Figma Config 2023, some updates are too advanced and some are basic but necessary features. Let’s dive into new features and I’ll try to explain every new feature.

A switcher that changes the layout between grid and list view can be a very useful feature on many websites or applications. While the grid view provides better insights and more details about each item, the list view allows for displaying more items in a smaller space and thus potentially facilitates faster identification of a specific item.

Fancy backgrounds with CSS gradients.

Learn how to code a similar hover animation to the one seen on the website of Quai Network.