@YS Agree. The inability to manipulate the code via the canvas is something I consider a huge limitation too. At the moment, it’s more a visual prompt builder rather than a true visual code editor
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Connor Finlayson
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Connor Finlayson
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Building & scaling online businesses with no-code & AI. Sharing what works (and what doesn’t) on YouTube. 🚀
Ottawa, Ontario Katılım Nisan 2012
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Understood. That's better.
The ideal setup would be something as good for design as the Webflow Designer but not locked to the Webflow platform.
So imagine a blend between something like VS Code, Cursor and the Webflow Designer. That would be awesome.
Replit (below) allows you to select an element and style it, but it is pretty limited and feels like Squarespace. We need something that takes design seriously, like the Webflow Designer, but also takes development seriously like an IDE.
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This doesn't really make any sense.
Ok, so I've got a screenshot of the app in Figma.
Regressive.
Claude@claudeai
You can now push what you’re building in Claude Code directly into Figma. With the latest updates to the Figma MCP server, build a working prototype in code, then send it to a Figma canvas to explore multiple versions.
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@YS Does that fall into the category of acceptable design canvas tools, if it is simply a visual abstractions of the generated code?
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@YS I was actually quite interested to hear your take on this.
Ignoring the Figma MCP for a second, I’ve been using a tall called Pencil that converts react code into a Figma-like canvas, and you can use that to make the design refinement and then sync it back-and-forth as code…
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@FinlaysonConnor @ryolu_ All client projects are Webflow but I use AI about 10-20 times a day for custom development. How about you?
More on this. x.com/i/status/20104…
Youssef • Webflow Designer & Developer@YS
It's quite simple. I use Webflow to design and build the HTML/CSS (keep in mind I've built out my own version of tailwind in Webflow back in 2020, and I've used it ever since). Anyway, for situations where I need to augment what Webflow is doing, I'll use Google Gemini which is now part of Devtools. It doesn't give us write permissions, but that's not a big deal. I can handle that part. Also, I use AI (gpt/Gemini, etc) to troubleshoot and figure out how to do stuff I wouldn't otherwise know how to do. Cookie, sessions, localisation, API stuff. So this increases my efficiency/allows me to offer more value to clients. So it's not exactly the same as Claude, but it is a similar outcome.
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did ~1 month of figma work in 5 days by prototyping it all in Cursor
when you build and play in code, every edge case pops out, new ideas & patterns keep emerging
you’re comparing ideas in a living system – and once you’re happy, the agent can even write the docs for you
Koen Bok@koenbok
AI Product Design One of the most interesting questions about mathematics is whether it's invented by people or discovered from reality. Product design is about how things work. Specifically, how people can solve problems with computers. The solutions are systems of UI, logic, and data. We've always assumed you had to invent the whole system upfront, then fill in the details. But AI is changing this. You can now execute isolated ideas immediately and try them. Each idea can solve a particular aspect, unconstrained by a system that doesn't exist yet. What emerges is something closer to discovery than invention. You're not designing a system from first principles. You're connecting patterns across isolated solutions until a system takes shape. Turns out the best systems aren't invented. They're found.
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@ryolu_ I've been saying this for years.
Real designers code.
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@joshgonsalves_ @v0 I just feel like the opportunity cost of switching to a D.I.Y solution is just way too high for most of their customers.
It's not just the building of the app, it's also maintenance, retraining and so on.
It's prob cheaper to just stay with them.
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@FinlaysonConnor @v0 $14b is absolutely nuts. I still think small and medium sized businesses will either build their own lightweight solution or subscribe to a cheaper alternative. Maybe even a few savvy enterprise businesses.
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I don’t understand. I just asked @v0 to build DocuSign FROM MY PHONE.
There’s no way it remains a billion-dollar company or employs that many people for much longer.
The SaaS space is going to flip upside down once teams realize they can replace most of their subscriptions in a week.
kanav@kanavtwt
DocuSign is a billion-dollar company????? a billion???????? dollars??????????????? for literally.... signing. documents. online.
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@joshgonsalves_ @v0 $14b.
Value will come from enterprise, not small teams.
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@joshgonsalves_ @9ranty @happylinks @kulkarniankita9 my man, you would love it. there always some really cool things in the pipeline for the api that will really allow you take things to the next level with video production and post production.
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@9ranty @happylinks @FinlaysonConnor @kulkarniankita9 This is awesome! So cool to see what @FinlaysonConnor is already doing with it 👌
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I love the API. But I love this video more.
- @happylinks and recorded together
- @FinlaysonConnor & @kulkarniankita9 sent us clips
- Background music works great with long format
- Studio Voice cleaned up a bunch of bad audio
- Auto Layouts did 70% of the layout changes
Makes me want to do collaborative (remote) recordings.
Tella@TellaHQ
🎄12 Days of Tella - Day 8: The Tella API! - Access videos, transcripts, playlists + more - MCP server - Embedded player SDK - Zapier and Relay integrations All that + customer examples covered in the video: 00:00 - Welcome & API Launch 00:16 - Tella API 00:58 - Understanding Webhooks 01:13 - Connor's API Workflows 04:46 - Introducing MCP Server 05:22 - MCP Server Demo 08:46 - Embedded Player SDK 08:57 - Ankita's SDK Demo 11:25 - Conclusion & Next Steps Looking forward to seeing what you build!
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This is a massive upgrade for Tella.
They’ve already built what’s arguably the best screen recording and editing tool out there, but the API takes it to the next level.
Check out my mini demo!
Tella@TellaHQ
🎄12 Days of Tella - Day 8: The Tella API! - Access videos, transcripts, playlists + more - MCP server - Embedded player SDK - Zapier and Relay integrations All that + customer examples covered in the video: 00:00 - Welcome & API Launch 00:16 - Tella API 00:58 - Understanding Webhooks 01:13 - Connor's API Workflows 04:46 - Introducing MCP Server 05:22 - MCP Server Demo 08:46 - Embedded Player SDK 08:57 - Ankita's SDK Demo 11:25 - Conclusion & Next Steps Looking forward to seeing what you build!
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Soooo…. I can finally share that I’ll be working with @Replit to help scale their global community. 🚀🚀
Few months back I sent a DM to @pirroh told him I was born for this moment and that he should give me a chance.
And he did! 💪🏽
Honestly feels a little surreal.
Excited to be working with the legendary @Franciscocrz and the rest of this amazing team
The community around this product is electric and I can’t wait to help take it to the next level.
P.s. Shoot your shoot and share your work... You never know who’s watching.
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@utsengar @CoreyGMoen Not with the cms but with the designer api.
I have a Claude Skill that does this right now:
Prompt ("Build this section") -> Creates HTML Preview -> Creates a designer api script -> I am currently copy and pasting these scripts in to the Designer API playground.
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Will there be a day your “CMS” is just wherever you’re already collaborating? 🤔
Claude@claudeai
You can now delegate tasks to Claude Code directly from Slack. Simply tag @.Claude in a channel or thread. Coding tasks will automatically be routed to Claude Code and start up a new session on the web.
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@amasad Epic to see.
P.s - can i work for Replit?
1. I'm great at educational video content.
2. I love building things.
3. I'd move anywhere in the world to join.
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The answer is actually both.
Visual development to get started.
Code to push beyond the limitations of the visual development.
It's not one or the other. It really should be both.
Harry Stebbings@HarryStebbings
How Base44 Beats Cursor: "I don't think you will want to see the code. Nowadays even the most technical users would prefer building inside Base44 instead of Cursor. They do not want to set up servers and databases and see the code and write tests and navigate through the files etc. This portion of software that you can build in Base44 is going to grow. If you can build it inside Base44, you'd prefer to do that than Cursor." @MS_BASE44 Do you agree, people "will not want to see the code" @antonosika @ScottWu46 @gregisenberg @theo
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@peer_rich I thought at the very least OpenAI/Anthropic etc. were making a decent margin on compute.
Where did you find this?
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cursor charges 20 but buys tokens for 40 from openai
openai charges 40 but buys compute for 60 from oracle/nvidia
the whole supply chain is vc funded
take a single link out and the entire business model collapses
not an ideal situation
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@nathan_covey Nah, that is too funny. From Community Notes to Stripe Notes. 😃
Just imagine them publicly disclosing their customers MRR.
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@xAtomTeam @webflow Bulk overwrite attributes. I use it migrate finsweet v1 to v2 a lot.
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@FinlaysonConnor @webflow Thanks for using xAttribute. A v2 is long due what features you like to have?
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🚀 Hey @Webflow Devs!
Want a CMS-powered slider with full design control using the Code Component? ⚡
Here are 2 handy React hooks you can clone right now:
1️⃣ Fetch site styles and apply them to your Code Component
2️⃣ Fetch CMS items and render them right inside your component
Check out the example repo to see it in action!
Repo : github.com/Webflow-Exampl…
More Example : developers.webflow.com/code-component…
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@marleydickinson @NiagaraMarathon Damn damn damn. After the Toronto full now this... 😬
You would think the turnaround points are marked out and that the lead bike would know well in advance where they are...
Either way, rapid pace.
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@FinlaysonConnor @NiagaraMarathon The lead biker turned us around too early on the first out-and-back, so we ran 20km--missed 1,100m.
It happened at the 2-km mark, so the top three men in the 10K and half were both affected.
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I was given my first DQ in my 20 years of running today at the @NiagaraMarathon 😔
I was leading the half-marathon & steered the wrong way at the 2 km mark by the lead bike. All 3 top finishers were affected.
The race owned up to the mistake, but instead of a refund… we were DQ
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