Quality & performance

Our months-long investigation into slow search speeds led to a solution that not only improved performance but also set the foundation for future scale.

Figma files are often large and complex with endless pages, library and local components, and prototype screens. Here’s how dynamic page loading improved the slowest load times by 33%.

When we learned that engineers were losing hours building our C++ codebase, we jumped into investigating the root cause. Here’s how we cut build times in half and shipped a solution for scale.

Our nine month journey to horizontally shard Figma’s Postgres stack, and the key to unlocking (nearly) infinite scalability.

When our permissions system came apart at the seams, everything came to a halt. This is the story of how we fixed it while improving performance, accuracy, and developer ergonomics.

Large prototypes took minutes to load, and users took notice. Here’s how we overhauled our prototype player to improve load time and stability.

From the Handoff Hero to the Scroll-Stopper, we crown our favorite updates among the quality-of-life improvements and spotlight-stealing features rolled out in 2023.

Just because a product change is subtle doesn’t mean it won’t make waves. Vice President of Product, Sho Kuwamoto, explains why quality-of-life improvements are at our core.

When a laptop crashed in an empty office, we knew it was time to overhaul our performance testing framework.

After two months of open beta, we’ve shipped more than 200 of the most-wanted updates to our Dev Mode workspace.