- Posted in bootstrap build-in-public obra-icons
It’s the start of month four of my bootstrapping journey. In June I stated I wanted to build something in public, build something that’s real and provides value, see if ideas get traction, and experiment or learn new things. I have some doubts about the “build in public” part, since essentially you are sharing all […]
- Posted in bootstrap build-in-public
Wednesday I had a day to work on my bootstrapped projects. First up I had a meeting about Obra Icons with a fellow designer. This is an initiative to create an icon set that is basically an upgrade to Mono Icons. I spent the rest of the morning investigating some of the design decisions behind […]
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My new plan is to build a brand portal product. What is a brand portal, you may ask? It’s a place to document your brand assets, like a logo, colours and icons. Why is this helpful? To keep your brand consistent – you can send people to the brand portal To provide a more direct […]
- Posted in build-in-public figma
Today I want to talk about why it’s probably not that interesting to release Screenshot to Layout to the public, even though I put a lot of effort into it in the month of July. I am not saying I won’t ever release it, but it needs to be part of a bigger plan. In […]
- Posted in build-in-public figma figma-plugins
Yesterday I de-listed my plugin from the Figma community, before I even had my first user. One week before, I happily pushed the publish button and set a price tag of $20. I was proud to have made something worth charging for, but the whole week it was nagging in my head how it was […]
- Posted in bootstrap figma figma-plugins
The first version of my Figma plugin Screenshot to Layout Pro has been released. Use Screenshot to Layout to generate editable text from a screenshot. If you have any questions, or would like to request a trial, don’t hesitate to contact me at figmaplugins@obra.studio . Check it out on the Figma community Edit: The plugin […]
Over the past month I’ve been on a little indie hacker journey, where I built my first freemium plugin for Figma: Screenshot to Layout. Essentially it’s an OCR plugin: it recognizes text from screenshots and renders it back to Figma. In my first version, I used a file input. I felt I had a nice […]
Hey all, my bootstrapping journey is reaching an exciting point where we are able to provide real value to designers with the Obra Figma plugins, starting with the Screenshot to Layout plugin. To bring things over the finish line, I am looking for a Svelte developer with (some) design chops to develop and fine tune […]
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I am working on my plugin to build a layout from a screenshot. What does it do? Select an image in Figma, run the plugin command “Screenshot to Layout”, and then see a Figma layout appear with editable text. What is it for? Useful to quickly start working on a new design based on a […]
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Just some plugins that have been of use lately. General Navigate multiple siblings Downsize Development of plugins Debugger Node decoder Figlet