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Google Favicon Service TrickEP 15 - What is the figma MCP really like? plus China makes a big play for talent and Qwen updates!9/27/2025Stories--
Using the Google Favicon service link for icons centralizes updates, so changing the source updates favicons across all applications.
Builder IO Plugin ConfusionEP 15 - What is the figma MCP really like? plus China makes a big play for talent and Qwen updates!9/27/2025StoriesFrontend-
Initial experience with Builder IO’s Figma plugin can be confusing out of the gate, requiring hands-on time to understand its value relative to altern...
Connection Stability SnagEP 15 - What is the figma MCP really like? plus China makes a big play for talent and Qwen updates!9/27/2025StoriesFrontend-
Cameron experienced frequent disconnects requiring him to restart Figma or Claude, while Tom reported no disconnection after leaving his MCP server ru...
MCP Servers Tracking SheetEP 15 - What is the figma MCP really like? plus China makes a big play for talent and Qwen updates!9/27/2025StoriesAi-development-
Cameron maintains a large reference sheet to remember MCP server commands and configurations due to managing many servers across projects.
Broken React Component OutputEP 15 - What is the figma MCP really like? plus China makes a big play for talent and Qwen updates!9/27/2025StoriesFrontend-
Tom recounts generating React components via Figma's default builder and receiving broken code with wrong images and layout, illustrating current tool...
Rapid Image Edits DemoEP 15 - What is the figma MCP really like? plus China makes a big play for talent and Qwen updates!9/27/2025StoriesAi-development-
Tom demonstrates using Nano Banana inside Figma to remove backgrounds and adjust lighting on his wife’s website assets, illustrating how AI can speed ...
Struggling with Figma BasicsEP 15 - What is the figma MCP really like? plus China makes a big play for talent and Qwen updates!9/27/2025StoriesAi-development-
Cameron recounts initial frustration navigating Figma’s UI and basic controls, which slowed down attempts to leverage the AI plugins effectively.
Hedge Fund AI Use CaseEP 15 - What is the figma MCP really like? plus China makes a big play for talent and Qwen updates!9/27/2025StoriesAi-development-
A hedge fund was fully leveraging fine-tuned open-source Qwen models for quant trading without offering any public-facing AI product.
Screenshot-Driven WorkflowEP 15 - What is the figma MCP really like? plus China makes a big play for talent and Qwen updates!9/27/2025Stories--
Relying on frequent screenshots during coding drove the need to integrate OCR into the development workflow to capture text from images.
Colossus Cost AnecdoteEP 15 - What is the figma MCP really like? plus China makes a big play for talent and Qwen updates!9/27/2025StoriesAi-development-
The Grok 4 Colossus training center cost roughly $0.5–1B and consumed energy equivalent to a small town of 4,000 homes annually.
Running Qwen on AlibabaEP 15 - What is the figma MCP really like? plus China makes a big play for talent and Qwen updates!9/27/2025StoriesAi-development-
Tom Spencer shares his hands-on experience spinning up Qwen models via ModelScope to test multimodal capabilities firsthand.
Visa Overstay RiskEP 15 - What is the figma MCP really like? plus China makes a big play for talent and Qwen updates!9/27/2025Stories--
Tom recounts that overstaying a visa by even a day triggers significant penalties that can bar you from returning to the U.S. for years.
Startup Acquisition VisaEP 15 - What is the figma MCP really like? plus China makes a big play for talent and Qwen updates!9/27/2025StoriesFrontend-
After his startup was acquired in an acqui-hire deal, Tom Spencer moved to the U.S. on a company-sponsored visa and brought his family, illustrating r...
E3 Visa SponsorshipEP 15 - What is the figma MCP really like? plus China makes a big play for talent and Qwen updates!9/27/2025StoriesFrontend-
Share the personal experience of requiring an employer offer to apply for an E3 visa, which, unlike H1B, disallows a pathway to permanent residency.
Personal Visa ConcernEP 15 - What is the figma MCP really like? plus China makes a big play for talent and Qwen updates!9/27/2025Stories--
Tom Spencer shares his personal concern over H1B fee changes because he is on a similar visa, illustrating firsthand stakes in immigration policy.
Forgotten Demo Mix-UpEP 15 - What is the figma MCP really like? plus China makes a big play for talent and Qwen updates!9/27/2025StoriesFrontend-
Cameron’s head-nod during Tom’s Deep Researcher UI demonstration led to an amusing realization that familiarity doesn’t guarantee retention, underscor...
Dummy Holding Page PrototypeEP 1810/18/2025StoriesAi-development-
Tom quickly built a dummy holding page as a front-end proof of concept by iterating on ChatGPT prompts to visualize AI agent organization.
V0 Dashboard PrototypeEP 1810/18/2025StoriesFrontend-
Showed a working prototype built with V0 that demonstrates how quickly a bare-bones charting and agent prototype can be assembled in React/Next.js.
AI SDK Integration AttemptEP 1810/18/2025StoriesAi-development-
Tried hooking AI SDK gateway through Vercel functions to auto-generate agent blueprints, but encountered timeouts and integration gaps.
Diagram Formatting PainEP 1810/18/2025StoriesAi-development-
Experienced significant difficulty getting complex, large-scale diagrams to format correctly in React Flow, highlighting UI challenges in dynamic grap...
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