How To Move Fast Toward the Right Thing | Figma Blog
With AI, speed comes easy, but so does tech debt. That’s why the best teams don’t just ship something fast; they consider it carefully, build it efficiently, and make it stand out.
For most of software history, code was the gate to product building, and developers held the keys. With AI, that gate is gone. Now, people who have never opened an IDE can ship working software. But there’s a cost: When you can build anything, building the right thing What matters when anyone can build If AI can make anyone a product builder, the real edge is knowing what’s worth shipping. gets harder. Product development teams feel the pressure to keep executing and accelerating, but that speed can cloud our judgment—we can mistake polished outputs for good ones. Here are three things to…
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