Designers say Figma is dying. I don’t think that’s entirely true, but Figma does need to get their act together, because they will be replaced if they don’t.
Here’s what’s actually dying: designers who only know how to use Figma.
If your entire value is pushing pixels in a tool, AI has already started replacing you.
I’ve watched designers cling to Photoshop, then Sketch, then InVision, then Figma like their career depended on it.
It never did.
The designers thriving right now use Claude Code, Cursor, Lovable, Stitch — whatever gets the job done.
They’re not loyal to tools. They’re loyal to outcomes.
Because the tool was never the point.
The point is your thinking, your judgment. Your ability to walk in and solve the right problem is the point.
Stop debating which tool to learn.
Start asking what problem actually needs to be solved.
That’s the skill AI can’t replace.
Yet. 🥴