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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.
Zed is the editor built by Atom's creators, rebuilt in Rust with a native GPU-rendering UI framework and no Electron. It delivers ~8 ms latency, real-time collaboration with integrated voice and shared cursors, and an open license (GPL v3 + Apache 2.0). A serious VS Code alternative for pairs and small teams.
How Figma went from being one more design tool to becoming the shared language between design, product and engineering, and what that shift changes about the way a product team actually works from the first sketch through to handoff.
