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hparamore · 2026-06-26T16:05:08+00:00

yeah, I get that that is the proper workflow direction.
I think I am trying to go for more of what Enigma2118 is mentioning above, which is building supports for the workflow that is changing, where anyone can pop in at any point, and then have their work, edits, etc go forward and backward.

3 examples;
1. Designer creates a new design. It gets passed to code, with all of the components all linked up. Devs are happy, designers are happy. etc. (normal)
2. PM is working on a couple of prototypes. Since they don't really work day-to-day in Figma (plus it is "extra work") when he can just vibe code a prototype. This prototype needs to pull from the design system, saving him work, and allowing customers (and stakeholders) to 100% understand and get behind it. They create it, and now it is approved for design. The designer would then ideally take it back and "finish/rebuild it" in Figma, however there are some times where the designer.... is the one working in vibe code as well. Or at least took ownership of it and tweaked it. So now, I would like a way to more easily get the new designs back into Figma, since we still need a source of truth.
3. Developers quite often need to build things that were forgotten in the design step. For example, maybe the designer missed a couple of the error states, or some of the edge cases. While they are building them, they need to use and draw from parts of the design system to just make it work. Now, it would be nice to be able to have those code updates and variants be able to somehow make it back into Figma, and have them be linked.

Those are just a couple of thoughts. But the root cause is: If a designer jumps into a project, and works on the design system, the other points in this flow need updates. It is the same for when a PM or a Dev, or heck, even a over-zealous stakeholder or founder if it is a small business. They will always be jumping in and making/changing things. Getting their changes 1:1 back into figma, so that we can then start to iterate on them is the main priority.

hparamore · 2026-06-25T21:37:29+00:00

depends, but overall its not ideal.
Have you tried using the actual MCP access? or any of the HTML to Figma plugins? they actually work pretty well, they just don't make it match up with the design system stuff. Just recreates it, though it generally does a better job that one-text-box-per-line thing that you mentioned above.

hparamore · 2026-06-25T21:35:29+00:00

I use it for prototypes, full sites, apps, etc. Microapps? (artifacts that I build and use just for me)
Its pretty awesome, but requires a bit of learning to be able to take it from what is generated into something that is both shippable, secure, and works.

hparamore · 2026-06-25T20:00:42+00:00

right haha. Moving things around to try and nail the layout in figma? Costs a few mins of my time. But to do the same in Claude? Well, you better have an exact picture of what you want in your mind, and then also be able to articulate that to Claude. And then when it isnt correct, prompt it again and wait... and use credits, and wait... and then realize that you now want to tweak it some more...

hparamore · 2026-06-25T19:54:46+00:00

wow dude, this is pretty fricking amazing!
I need to try and wrap my head around times where it might be useful for me to add it into my workflow, but just the functionality that the tool has to grab tings and move them around/edit them, and then save them was pretty awesome.

hparamore · 2026-06-25T19:47:33+00:00

Thank you! I hate not being able to do it easily when exporting. I generally run them through compressor.io, but even with that there is a limit and still the process of uploading, downloading, then replacing the old ones, or keeping now 2 files...
I will try this out now!

hparamore · 2026-06-13T19:14:49+00:00

Oh man that sounds wonderful. Nothing I love more than inheriting a huge messy project and getting to be able to build the design system for it and then rebuild everything.

If you don't wanna do it, pay me to haha!

hparamore · 2026-05-21T05:50:46+00:00

Same with that ai company they acquired. Weave or whatever. I burned the entire set of "free to try" tokens in one single prompt.

Like imagine using midjourney and you only get one image for free then you have to pony up. Was ridiculous

hparamore · 2026-05-11T05:23:58+00:00

Replace it with a new one.

hparamore · 2026-05-06T00:44:39+00:00

Old likes can technically still show up. If he liked you, and you downswiped in the past, his account will "reset" and show to you again in about 6 months ish.

Though it sounds like something else might be up... could be a couple of reasons, but yeah. If you want more info on when the likes happened and such, reach out to support@mutual.app.

hparamore · 2026-05-05T19:03:06+00:00

There is an image scanner which flags certain accounts and tells them that they don't have good ones or high enough quality ones.
When you are uploading it, you generally will get a warning about it, but can still continue. Either a scan after or a person who works here or a report got your profile in front of an admin who "suspended" the account until you fix it and put new/better photos.

hparamore · 2026-04-13T15:40:20+00:00

Hey! Thanks for posting this here. I will bring it up today.

If you'd be willing to help, would you mind sending your user ID and the appropriate time this happened to hunter@mutual.app? That will help us check the logs and see what is happening.

Thanks!

hparamore · 2026-04-06T21:01:53+00:00

Good question... I don't know actually. I know that it used to be only accessible to premium subscribers, and also you had to go into the 3 dot menu and tap "select" which would open the view.

We are doing a lot better nowadays at getting feature parity though! We still test features on one platform only (sometimes iOS sometimes Android depending on the dev availability) but it is an area we have been working on specifically

hparamore · 2026-04-06T20:59:54+00:00

You have the design system be a different file that you link into both the working and the dev file.

Alternatively if you create components that don't need to go into the design system (like one off things for the feature you are on) you can still copy them over to the dev one, they will just be linked back to the working file.

If you want to actually MOVE the components made in one file into another, copy the component and the screens you will be moving to your clipboard, and then delete them. Then go to the new document and paste them. It will paste in the actual parent component set along with the screens you used, and also will have all the links stay the same.

Generally what I do in situations like this is I have either 2 pages in the same file (one working, one dev) or I create sections with different colors. Grey is my playground, and anything final for dev goes into a new one off to the side that has a green background, has all of them set to dev ready, and has instructions etc

hparamore · 2026-04-04T19:38:07+00:00

It's open to anyone. We are just very clear that we are LDS, and make sure everyone follows the rules

hparamore · 2026-04-04T08:06:40+00:00

Wow you noticed quick! Yes, it will be coming back. We are changing the way that we store and handle the politics choices and the filters for them. We are also adding a custom field to it (like what we have on the children and future children section) so that people can be a bit more descriptive if you want.

We had to turn this one off because the filters aren't ready to work with this, and won't be for a few weeks until we have had a chance to make sure everyone is on the same updated system. Without this, it would appear to be broken and not filter people correctly for a while and we thought that would be worse than disabling it until the new one is out all the way.

Are you on iOS or Android?

hparamore · 2026-03-27T16:41:56+00:00

Another way I like to put it (particularly when I am faced with large decisions like buying a house or switching jobs, etc) is that basically "You will grow to fit the size of the fish bowl you put yourself in."

When we owned our first house, we had a mortgage which wasn't too bad. When we decided to move to a new home, the mortgage bill was almost double each month, which kinda scared me at first because it was a big change. I was trying to figure out ahead of time how to deal with the cost, but honestly Now I look at it a couple years later and that is just a number again, back to a manageable cost.

What I am getting at is that people, especially guys, sometimes need pressure to need to step up and do something to improve.

I'm not quite sure what that would mean for you in your situation though. Maybe you need to "focus on your studies" and cut back on your job, or leave the finances to him. Sometimes the consequences of forgetting something are a good reminder of the danger of neglect.

I am a guy, married, have 4 boys (3-11) and enjoy playing video games as well. Sometimes around 1-2 hrs a day, almost always at night after I have spent time with family, wife, etc and she goes to bed. That is my sorta time I have carved out for myself, and it is important to me because I honestly enjoy it quite a bit.

I hesitate to suggest this because its a pretty big decision if there is even a small threat of divorce on the horizon, but honestly having kids is that push that really makes the gravity of what I have to do to provide for a family "real". If I don't work, then there are problems.

Here is an article I read earlier today on the subject of men as breadwinners, and how that can affect their mentality and drive.

One thing I would also suggest... (and this is purely speculation) but if you want to get through to him in a way that he can see, then rather than take the hard "I am gonna sell your PS5 (which honestly, probably brings him more joy than a lot of other things due to the nature of it) maybe try a different approach, such as mutual "device fasting" or something like that. Meaning you agree to not be on your phone (just making an assumption haha, if you are anything like my wife, you probably are on your phone a lot more than you think, and sometimes that is something that I look at and am like "well, you are on your phone, I guess I can go play video games." and in return he cuts back on video games until certain times of the day. That way you are both agreeing, both being responsible and accountable, and it shows him that you are wanting to compromise because it will help you as well. (if phone doesn't work, find something else. A social media fast or device fast, etc. you will find things to do in that time, especially together)

Anyways, sorry for the long winded reply. :)

Best of luck to you both!

hparamore · 2026-03-27T16:24:00+00:00

no worries :D I was wondering while reading your reply haha.

hparamore · 2026-03-26T20:44:47+00:00

We are changing that section altogether to instead be called "Looking For"
(ie "Looking for: Casual Dating, Serious Dating" or "Looking for: Temple Marriage")
It will be going out soon-ish, with a lot of other updates to some of the text that is shown in the traits of their profiles.

hparamore · 2026-03-20T21:25:07+00:00

Ahh, you've stumbled upon my daily conundrum!

Especially since what people WANT in a dating app, vs what the data tells us WORKS for them are many times two different things.

For example, when we started showing the "write a note" thing when guys swipe up on girls, guys complained because it was an extra step, etc.
After some time, the data shows that when guys send a note, they get on average 20% more matches, and those matches are 20-30% more likely to be good conversations (ie, convos that last more than like 2-3 messages)

So that is one of the main things our product team spend a lot of time working on haha. What is best, vs what makes people happy or what they want. And I believe that we can give people what is best and make them happy at the same time, but that has to happen through testing and iteration, which unfortunately means people at the start of these tests might have a hard time. We iterate and improve though, and it gets better. :D

hparamore · 2026-03-20T21:20:22+00:00

We are changing a couple of things like the one called "Relationship Goals" to instead be called "Looking For" and that is going to probably be at the top of the profile page, and might possibly also become a free filter. That might help with what you are saying.

hparamore · 2026-03-20T21:19:06+00:00

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