Figma's Not Making Designers Optional #005

Zach just got back from Figma Config 2026 — and the question he brought home wasn't about any specific feature. It was: how much of what you make is actually yours anymore? Zach and Evan unpack Figma's expanding product suite (motion, shaders, code layers, and counting), debate whether the browser can hold all of it, and dig into the real difference between using AI as a tool versus leaning on it as a crutch. Brocc has opinions on all of it — including a line about the pendulum swinging back that Evan admits he couldn't have said better himself. Plus: why Zach hand-drew a broccoli pixel character by hand on a 96x96 grid, and what that says about where AI still falls short. BTW, we created a Figma plugin to help do Pixel Art while keeping it vectorized! Check it out! https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1653865846197170966 Follow us on YouTube - ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@PixelBroccoli⁠