Field: Coding without visual design exploration creates dangerously linear workflows
Dylan Field · Post Earnings with Figma CEO Dylan Field · Feb 20, 2026 · at 4:22
Figma CEO Dylan Field discusses enterprise software development workflows with the TBPN hosts, arguing why visual design systems matter over jumping straight into agentic coding.
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“Just being in code, I think, is very linear. You might be running fast, but you might be running towards the wrong direction.”
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