Show Notes
In this episode I'm talking to Stefan Holzheu, the designer who built DesignReady, a free Figma plugin that scans your design and scores how ready it is for AI to turn into code.
Stefan demos it live. We also get into the token math. If you want AI to build what you actually designed instead of its best guess, this episode is for you.
Stefan Holzheu is a Senior Product Designer based in Germany, working in enterprise design systems and end-to-end product concepts for over a decade.
DesignReady plugin reached almost 400 downloads on Figma Community with zero advertising, just LinkedIn posts documenting his learning in public.
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🔗 DesignReady on Figma Community https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1619643293052051000
🔗 Stefan on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/sholzheu/ ————
🚀 Built a product as a designer? Want to share it? Get in touch with Ellie https://www.linkedin.com/in/rastian/
🔗 Find Us on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/aidesignerclub
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Chapters: 00:00 Meet Stefan Holzheu 01:20 Why he built DesignReady 03:59 Live demo: scanning a component 07:41 DesignReady vs Figma MCP 09:06 How he built it with Claude Code 12:03 Why Claude Code skills matter 15:23 What this means for token costs 19:38 Advice: try it and have fun 20:43 Product design in 12 months
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