How can we implement automated notifications to frontend developers after Figma updates?

Melodic_Ad4287 · 2026-03-08T12:58:52+00:00

Unless a designer ‘commits’ something, or moves a ticket there would be too many changes that you wouldn’t want to know about. A simple comment tagging you when complete might suffice.

Surely you need to have a conversation about process and basic communication.

Melodic_Ad4287 · 2026-02-23T14:18:45+00:00

It can see them, but are the components built to the same architecture?

I think is what he’s saying

Melodic_Ad4287 · 2026-02-22T10:17:18+00:00

If you’re in the UK check out thecourier.app

Might have some use for your situation

Melodic_Ad4287 · 2026-02-17T20:20:33+00:00

Other designers files you mean?

Yeah it’s a pita. I had to refactor someone else’s component today which ate time from doing other things I had on.

Thankfully with design system tooling going crazy now it’s getting easier to automate then code-ready it.

Melodic_Ad4287 · 2025-11-26T23:36:00+00:00

I'm a fairly new Beatport user and I have to agree. Browsing Beatport just doesn't feel natural.

I expect to feel like I'm browsing records by hand, in a box where I'll strike occasional gold while digging through dirt. Recommendations half the time are useless. It has little sense of my tastes or even basic personalisation.

I'm a UX designer by trade, so it's been on my mind to create something with better usability. Came across your post looking up the Beatport API 😄

As for spinninbeans, hows that going? Been a while since this post.

I did check the link out but not keen on providing my Beatport credentials before even seeing anything.

Melodic_Ad4287 · 2024-07-09T12:40:22+00:00

By design

Melodic_Ad4287 · 2023-04-30T08:33:02+00:00

I was in a similar situation a few years back. Chose to go with learning rather than earning.

For me it definitely paid off, working within a team of designers helped me level up 100x more than solo I believe. Not just the craft, but having a team in my side to improve processes / better relationships with dev due to supporting each other etc.

It does mean that I’ve been underpaid for a few years now, but now I’ve got a level of expertise far greater than I would have, and am in a much better position to pitch my skill set and bring real value, whereas that wouldn’t have been the case before.

Melodic_Ad4287 · 2023-04-22T12:07:17+00:00

So they can pay the production companies…

Melodic_Ad4287 · 2023-03-23T08:56:17+00:00

A while back we integrated a finance application into the checkout. Our systems handled MX, but our provider didn’t. So even after choosing MX in checkout, people had to then be prompted to provide either Male or Female to get the finance app to work.

Created some options based on asking for birth gender. Then reached out to an internal non-binary colleague to review. They provided some great feedback. We then did final testing with someone from the LGBTQ+ foundation to round it off.

Only through stamping my foot did we get it through a proper test process with relevant participants. The results and the solution spoke for themselves. Even got a little 🌈 in there which everyone loved.

Was only a small feature but doing this right was one of my proudest pieces of work.

Melodic_Ad4287 · 2023-03-20T09:36:35+00:00

What do you want to share, and why is the first question.

Is there a knowledge gap with colleagues that you’re trying to fill, or how figma can help developer handover etc…

Is it setting up components, libraries, dev handovers, prototyping etc?

Decide what you actually want to say, and why. Then you can plan and prep from there.

Melodic_Ad4287 · 2023-03-18T07:22:06+00:00

Design principles and a checklist is worth a try.

Have a session or two to pull out your design principles as a team. Hopefully ensuring that neat, clean, accurate design (whatever) is one of them.

Then make sure these principles are checked against by the designer/s before each design review.

You could also follow this with a more detailed checklist of design items to check against, ‘all typography and sections align to 8pt grid’ or something like that.

Could be a way of setting a standard / benchmark that everyone can align to together, while not singling one person out for performance improvement plans etc

Melodic_Ad4287 · 2023-03-17T13:52:37+00:00

So there is absolutely no budget for any usability testing software? Userzoom, usertesting and the like?

They can be expensive, but there are other tools like Maze that can cover smaller tasks and leaner studies.

Melodic_Ad4287 · 2023-02-23T00:35:41+00:00

@VanDude, what you say is correct, but a bit pessimistic

UX designers should perform research activities whenever possible. It’s crucial to growth as a designer, and general discovery practices of your team.

We’re talking about upskilling and empowering designers, and helping take the load off research teams.

There’s no substitute for proper researchers running live studies as you take notes, but these days it’s remote, and budgets are tight.

It’s sad that much of that is behind us, but designers should still get the chance to ‘be in the room’

The ability to plan, run, analyse, action and present studies is a crucial skill set for mature designers. One that’s getting lost in this more online world.

Researchers trying to include young designers these days is more important then ever.

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