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Lenny Rachitsky: evaluation

30 Jun 2024 Lenny's Podcast Dylan Field live at Config: Intuition, simplicity, and the future of design

“I want to pivot to talking about early days Figma. So I don't know how many people know this, but it took three and a half years to launch Figma from when you were beginning to work on it.”

— Lenny Rachitsky

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Lenny Rachitsky
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evaluation
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30 Jun 2024
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Lenny's Podcast

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…Absolutely, everyone's responsible for simplicity. And I think another quote that is not mine but is a really a good one is "Keep the simple things simple. Make the complex things possible." And I think that's a really important principle to hold as you're designing tools. And I'd say that it's really easy to make the simple things complex, unfortunately. I want to pivot to talking about early days Figma. So I don't know how many people know this, but it took three and a half years to launch Figma from when you were beginning to work on it. Way too long, don't do that.…

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