Library / System Design / Case study

One system, end to end: 9 boards and 9 narrated episodes, in order.

Watch in order

01Figma architecture, end to end: a browser inside a browser

2:11

02A browser inside a browser: why Figma refused the web platform

2:18

03Neither OT nor CRDT: what having a server is actually worth

2:17

04One process per document: what Rust actually bought Figma

2:15

05Drawing a letter without a font engine: winding numbers on the GPU

2:13

06Nine months to shard one table: buy the ability to undo

2:25

07Undo, when someone else moved it: fractional indexing and a history of intentions

2:20

08The plugin that can see everything: a JavaScript engine inside a JavaScript engine

2:25

09Figma, the whole system on one canvas

2:25

Boards

• 00The Map▶ video
• 01A Browser Inside a Browser▶ video
• 02Neither OT nor CRDT▶ video
• 03One Process Per Document▶ video
• 04Drawing a Letter Without a Font Engine▶ video
• 05Nine Months to Shard One Table▶ video
• 06Undo, When Someone Else Moved It▶ video
• 07The Plugin That Can See Everything▶ video
• 08Everything▶ video

Lessons

• Figma - the case studylesson