Figma is the new photoshop
Figma is the new Photoshop.
And it's slowly turning into a UI-graveyard.
It was built for perfection.
But what we need now is speed.
Photoshop defined the visual era.
Figma defined the interface era.
But times are changing and if you want to stay ahead, you need to adapt.
Too many designers are still stuck in prototyping mode.
They design. Iterate. Polish.
And after months, no user has seen a single screen.
This is insane.
Same goes for founders.
Looking at mockups instead of real products won't get you to product-market fit.
Meanwhile?
AI-native teams are moving differently.
They skip the polishing phase.
They move fast.
Write a prompt.
Test real interactions.
Ship working software (the same day).
No more waiting three weeks for a “design update.”
We’re entering the post-mockup era.
Where the best UX isn’t in Figma. It’s live.
In the hands of real users.
At Lovable, that’s what we push for.
You describe the product.
It gets built.
And you focus on what actually matters: your users.
The best designers today aren’t the ones making the prettiest mockups.
They’re the ones who ship. Fast.
Just like Photoshop,
Figma won’t vanish overnight.
But it will become irrelevant for most product teams in the next few years.
They’re betting big on AI.
Figma Make is a start but it’s a tough race to win.
Same thing happened with Photoshop.
Once the default, now mostly used by artists, not product teams.
The future of design is not static.
It’s shippable.