Writing
Notes from building design tools: what AI means for interfaces, why design systems need logic, and lessons from shipping plugins since 2017.
In short
Jinson Johny has written about design tools since 2018, in HackerNoon and on Medium in Bootcamp, Sketch App Sources and Barrel. His recent articles cover AI-native UI artifacts and the .gui format, logic layers for Figma design systems and dynamic colour. Each summary here links to the original publication.
2026
- AI Is Changing How We Ideate, Design, and Build User Interfaces · HackerNoonOriginal in HackerNoon
- We're still figuring out what an AI-native UI artifact looks like · BootcampOriginal in Bootcamp
- Design Engineering is the New Product Design · HackerNoonOriginal in HackerNoon
- Making Figma Components Smart: Why Design Systems Need a "Logic Layer" · BootcampOriginal in Bootcamp
2025
Earlier
- Introducing Deck 1.0 — The Sketch to PowerPoint converter · Sketch App SourcesOriginal in Sketch App Sources
- Meet Compiler for Sketch, the sassy plugin to manage your exports · BarrelOriginal in Barrel
- Time to design presentations right in Sketch and convert them to .ppt or .key · BarrelOriginal in Barrel