Pavel Laptev

Asked Claude for a line of copy, got a full UI and some HTML to go with it. 👏 It's Tailwindy, of course, because what *isn't* these days? Actual styles, not utility classes. Won’t be using it, but appreciated.

Feels like the community pushed back a bit since the last UI3 (like the layer panel). Some rough edges and tech debt are always there, startup or big company. Now, Figma is more about scaling and monetizing.

🧑‍💻🎨🌿

I really like Figma’s UI—it’s cool and well-thought-out. But like any design system, it sometimes has scaling issues. It’s interesting how, in this case, the design tries to solve it with the tools they have (limited)—for example, these three stacked popups where one triggers another.

This is a nice design—love the aesthetic 🤌
I also like that it’s open-source and you can build it yourself.
dreamrecorder.ai

The only thing is that PLA printing is never that smooth, so the actual shell will look a bit different.

GitButler 0.15 - "Quirky Quinceañera" GitButler 0.15 is out, featuring a brand new user interface, stability improvements, line based commits and more!

We just released v0.15 of the GitButler client - new layout, new UI, advanced commit message editor, partial hunk commits, uncommitting files, GitLab integration - so much going on in the last few months.
Check it out.
blog.gitbutler.com/gitbutler-15...

It's fun seeing how differently our team names PRs 😁

Thanks @renderg.host! 🙌 And we’re still working on improvements — like better maintaining lane focus when multiple branch/commit previews are open. So stay tuned!

Interesting that the @layer rule has the lowest specificity
codepen.io/PavelLaptev/...

What happened to “overflow: overlay”. We need scrollbars that overlay content more than we need page transitions.

Great article 🙂

Been organizing my CSS with different methodologies, but my favorite by far is #SMACSS! Tried Concentric, but I don't think transition should come before width and height.

That’s a good question 🤔

@renderg.host thank you 🫶 Always nice to know there’s someone to quack things through with.

SVG Hell Yeah! is unleashed! 😈
Now available — www.figma.com/community/pl...
If you need to export SVGs with variables, optimize them, or keep text from being outlined, this plugin is for you!

With V2, we have to find compromises for these features, especially around commit creation and editing.
It would be great to find a way to display details inside the lanes without trading off the benefits mentioned above. So we continue to improve the layout 👀

In the current layout, the center serves as a preview section. The drawer acts like a "dynamic island," displaying branch details, commit messages, the commit dialog, review creation, and more.

Just for context, here’s why the drawer was introduced:
- Avoid shifting the entire layout when showing more content.
- Expanding content directly in the lanes multiple times made things feel cluttered.
- A lot was happening in a single lane — preview files, branch and commit details, changed files.

I think any layout change will come with trade-offs — making one thing more convenient usually means introducing new challenges elsewhere. Like the LTR flow, it's familiar, and we definitely want to make the app feel more intuitive and easy to use.

@renderg.host Thanks a lot for the prototype and your feedback! 😎

Is it just me, or would it be awesome to use library variables for the canvas background in @figma.com?

Started writing a Figma plugin using Svelte. To streamline things for the future, I also created a boilerplate github.com/PavelLaptev/...

Can’t wait to unlock the full power of ‘make it pop’ with @figma.com Make.

Berlin watch party tomorrow! Wonder if @figma.com has any surprises for us. 👀

Nice! “last-child” workaround no always reliable

It’s been a while. Started working on a new Figma plugin to streamline my SVG export workflow.

Expectation: Gonna build a Figma plugin with Svelte in a couple hours, easy.
Reality: Just me, Svelte, and a delightful journey through config files and mysterious dependency errors.

A terminal window with the command "touch grass"

Danke sir!

Just shipped a fresh UI for file statuses in @gitbutler.com — now with shiny new “Rename” support! ✨
“Executable” is up next...