---
title: "Timeline: everything Jinson Johny has shipped since 2017"
description: "Every role, launch, product milestone, article and talk by Jinson Johny, a Design Engineer in Dubai, dated and linked, since 2016."
url: https://jinson.me/timeline
markdown: https://jinson.me/timeline.md
type: WebPage
author: Jinson Johny (https://jinson.me/#person)
updated: 2026-11-01
---

# Everything since 2017

Every role, launch, product milestone, article and talk, dated and linked. The home page shows the highlights; this page keeps the whole record.

## 2026

- [Nov · Blocks: Blocks 0.2.0: renamed, and rebuilt as an AI-readiness layer with two skills for Figma’s agent · Product](https://jinson.me/products/block.md)
- [Oct · Blocks: Shown at Friends of Figma Dubai’s Show & Tell: “Teaching AI to understand design systems” · Product](https://jinson.me/products/block.md)
- Oct · Teaching AI to understand design systems · Friends of Figma Dubai Show & Tell, Dubai · Talk
- [Aug · AI is changing how we ideate, design, and build UIs · HackerNoon](https://jinson.me/writing/ai-changing-ui-design.md)
- [Jul · We're still figuring out what an AI-native UI artifact looks like · Bootcamp](https://jinson.me/writing/ai-native-ui-artifact.md)
- [Jun · Design engineering is the new product design · HackerNoon](https://jinson.me/writing/design-engineering-new-product-design.md)
- [May · .gui: Work starts on an open, text-based format for interfaces · Product](https://jinson.me/products/dotgui.md)
- [Apr · Blocks: Block beta at blocks.is: typed inputs and a logic layer for Figma components · Product](https://jinson.me/products/block.md)
- [Jan · Blocks: Introduced as a weekend proof of concept in “Why design systems need a logic layer” (Bootcamp) · Product](https://jinson.me/products/block.md)
- [Jan · Playback: Featured in the Figmalion (issue 237) and Product Disrupt (issue 198) design newsletters · Product](https://jinson.me/products/playback.md)
- [Jan · Why design systems need a "logic layer" · Bootcamp](https://jinson.me/writing/figma-components-logic-layer.md)
- [Deck: 163k users on Figma Community, 1M+ presentations · Product](https://jinson.me/products/deck.md)
- [.gui: v1.0 spec, CLI, kit, embed and the Rust/WebAssembly renderer released as open source · Product](https://jinson.me/products/dotgui.md)

## 2025

- [Dec · Figma Playback launches on Product Hunt · Launch](https://www.producthunt.com/products/figma-playback/launches/figma-playback)
- [Dec · Playback: Launched as Figma Playback with “Your Year in Pixels” on Medium, then on Product Hunt · Product](https://jinson.me/products/playback.md)
- [Dec · Your year in pixels: Figma Playback for 2025 · Medium](https://jinson.me/writing/figma-playback-2025.md)
- [Oct · Playback: One of four finalists in the Friends of Figma Dubai Figma Make showcase, demoed on stage · Product](https://jinson.me/products/playback.md)
- [Sep · Playback: Built in Figma Make as Figma Rewind, an entry for Figma's #FigmaMakeathon · Product](https://jinson.me/products/playback.md)
- [Jul · Color formula: a practical framework for dynamic colors · Bootcamp](https://jinson.me/writing/color-formula.md)
- [Deck: Relaunched with a paid tier after five free years · Product](https://jinson.me/products/deck.md)

## 2020

- [Jun · Introducing Deck 1.0, the Sketch to PowerPoint converter · Sketch App Sources](https://jinson.me/writing/introducing-deck-1-0.md)
- [May · Deck launches on Product Hunt · Launch](https://www.producthunt.com/products/deck-3/launches/deck-4)
- Senior Product Designer — Design Systems & Design Ops · IBM iX (IBM Studios Dubai) · Role
- [Deck: Deck 1.0 and the Figma plugin · Product](https://jinson.me/products/deck.md)

## 2019

- [Apr · Compiler for Sketch launches on Product Hunt · Launch](https://www.producthunt.com/products/barrel-herd-sketch-to-ppt-convertor-beta/launches/compiler-plugin-for-sketch)
- [Apr · Meet Compiler for Sketch · Barrel](https://jinson.me/writing/compiler-for-sketch.md)

## 2018

- [Jan · Barrel Herd (Sketch to PPT, what became Deck) launches on Product Hunt · Launch](https://www.producthunt.com/products/barrel-herd-sketch-to-ppt-convertor-beta/launches/barrel-herd-sketch-to-ppt-convertor-beta)
- [Jan · Time to design presentations right in Sketch · Barrel](https://jinson.me/writing/design-presentations-in-sketch.md)
- UX/UI Designer · Nagarro · Role

## 2017

- [Dec · Deck: First version for Sketch, built with almost no coding experience · Product](https://jinson.me/products/deck.md)

## 2016

- UX/UI Designer · Cocoalabs · Role

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**About the author.** Jinson Johny is a Dubai-based Design Engineer and Senior Product Designer for Design Systems and Design Ops at IBM iX. He is the creator of Deck (deck.is), a Figma-to-PowerPoint plugin used by 160,000+ designers since 2017, and .gui (dotgui.org), an open file format for user interfaces. Open to design engineering, design systems, DesignOps, AI design and product design roles in the UK (London) and remote. Contact: hello@jinson.me · [Open to work](https://jinson.me/hire.md) · [All pages](https://jinson.me/llms.txt)