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✦When the profession outruns the mentor✦What are hypertokens? The layer between tokens and components, rebuilt for agents✦Why Figma Sites Beta isn’t closing the gap yet.✦Designing for the Wrong User✦Why You Need to Start Prototyping with Real Code✦Building a Dynamic Pong Game from Scratch.✦Stop Typing. Start Speaking.✦Why your Claude Code needs a design stack✦Website Inspiration: Kevin✦Rethinking Figma in an AI World✦Overheard at Config: Day 0
✦When the profession outruns the mentor✦What are hypertokens? The layer between tokens and components, rebuilt for agents✦Why Figma Sites Beta isn’t closing the gap yet.✦Designing for the Wrong User✦Why You Need to Start Prototyping with Real Code✦Building a Dynamic Pong Game from Scratch.✦Stop Typing. Start Speaking.✦Why your Claude Code needs a design stack✦Website Inspiration: Kevin✦Rethinking Figma in an AI World✦Overheard at Config: Day 0
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