Figma tips: 7 things I learned the hard way updating my 2023 design system

Molly Hellmuth shares 7 tips for using Figma’s latest features in design systems. Tip 1 suggests making tables more modular by separating columns and rows. Tip 2 recommends keeping some nested instances unexposed to avoid confusion. Tip 3 advises breaking atom components into smaller variant sets. Tip 4 notes not everything needs to be a variant set. Tip 5 proposes creating global slot components. Tip 6 encourages using absolute positioning creatively. Tip 7 combines related icons as variants to make them easier to discover. The thread includes images demonstrating each tip.