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Re:Sketch: Proud to Build a Truly Native Mac App by francisl on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @07:43PM (#24913367)
I'm not involved with figma in any way, just a user. But from what I understand, it is written in c++ and uses webassembly. Some ui parts are in standard TS+css. [1]

There is absolutely no reason not to be responsive, low on memory and as powerful as a native app.

[1] https://www.figma.com/blog/webassembly-cut-figmas-load-time-...

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Re:Sketch: Proud to Build a Truly Native Mac App by alfalfasprout on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @09:31PM (#24914025)
The backend is rust I believe. But at the end of the day I've used figma and the UI isn't anywhere near as responsive as a native app. You might not care about this but some people do.
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