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Figma Dev Mode is the developer-facing view inside a Figma file: it generates ready CSS, exposes exact measurements, maps variables to tokens, and, with Code Connect, links each component to the real codebase snippet. It solves most of the design-to-code handoff friction, but it does not replace human judgment on accessibility, performance, or responsive behavior.
Almost two years after 1.0, SvelteKit works in production: 30-50% lighter bundles than React, file-based routing, and no-lock-in deployment. It wins for small teams with stack freedom; it loses to Next.js when a team has heavy existing React investment or needs to hire fast.
HTMX returns HTML instead of JSON and makes the server the source of truth for the interface. Where it fits, where it does not, and why version 2.0 leaves it ready for serious projects.
App Router went stable in Next.js 13.4 (May 2023), bringing Server Components, layered caching, and Server Actions, but it demands rethinking the application's mental model. Migrating from Pages Router pays off for new projects and read-only routes; for large applications, the realistic path is incremental, route by route, over several months.
