TLDR;
Figma should stop rewriting the entire code document every time a minute change is requested.
So far, I'm incredibly impressed with Figma Make. It definitely has its limitations when it comes to deeper logic, but it has been doing a fantastic job of helping me to rapidly prototype up some of my designs, and I'm excited for where it is going.
The way that entire code documents are being rewritten is one of those AI code agent growing pain items that are now becoming obsolete when working with tools like Cursor where they can be negated by creating a rule that explicitly asks to avoid the practice.
I would love for there to be a similar feature available in Figma Make to allow me to prevent entire code rewrites for every little change that I request.
Figma Make: DON'T REWRITE EVERYTHING!
Refreshing Figma sites every day hoping to see the “coming soon” disappear.
Yeah, Figma Make rewrites the entire code file even for small changes. Hopefully they fix that to speed up code generation.
It’s hit or miss for me. Even when I use the point and edit tool and reference a single div, sometimes it just changes that div (expected) but sometimes it rewrites the entire .tsx. super frustrating.
This still keeps happening for me. Sometimes it even happens if I use the “Pointer” and ask it to make a change to only that piece of the UI or component. Really odd.
This also seems to probably cause extra credits/tokens to be used, which is not great from a billing and cost standpoint too.
Yes. Even when I point to the exact section I want it to refine, it’ll go a rebuild almost everything. Which then introduces errors I have to reprompt to fix.
Yes. Even when I point to the exact section I want it to refine, it’ll go a rebuild almost everything. Which then introduces errors I have to reprompt to fix.
One thing that’s worked better for me, that I started doing, is asking it to break up pages and main areas of the UI into separate component files. This has helped a lot.
Figma Make should be smart enough to do this, and it does sometimes, but usually it'll just keep adding to one big file.
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