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This demo is really impressive! I'm a ux designer and keeping my portfolio up to date is so tedious. For better or worse, I do a lot of "thinking" in Figma the

by roldie 5y ago

This demo is really impressive! I'm a ux designer and keeping my portfolio up to date is so tedious. For better or worse, I do a lot of "thinking" in Figma these days, so this would shorten my workflow considerably. I currently use Squarespace (and previously rolled own code because I felt like I needed to prove I could) and even though it's about as easy as a WYSIWYG could be, I still find it a chore to use and struggle to get things just how I want. All that to say, this is really exciting, and good luck!

johndamaia 5y ago
Thanks so much! You have no idea how happy your comment made me feel. After so many hours of endless coding, this is a breath of fresh air :) Also, you are actually my ideal customer: a Figma user who wants to have an easy and fast way of managing his / her portfolio or personal site. I'm more than happy to answer any questions and keep this conversation going.
josefrichter 5y ago
I have my portfolio on Squarespace as well. Once you start tweaking the template, you hit walls real quick. For most use cases it's not a problem, but for us designers unpolished details harm our reputation. Another thing I find annoying is paying $16/mo for a site that I update maybe twice a year. It's a famous problems for all designers we literally spend FIVE YEARS building new portfolio, because we want it "perfect", while the current one is terribly outdated and we hate since week 2 from launch :-) Makers.so could be an answer, it reminds me of Framer Sites which has similar value proposition.
- johndamaia 5y ago
  This! This is exactly why I built makers.so. Framer is an amazing tool. But if you are in the Figma ecosystem, it's boring to duplicate your work on a different tool. Same for Webflow. I'm trying to make life easier for Figma users. Happy to help you get started with makers. Anything you need, just let me know :)
  - josefrichter 5y ago
    I meant Framer Sites - their new product, currently in (private?) beta. It’s exactly the same as your product. But of course Figma has much bigger user base and it’s good there’s something directly in Figma.

by roldie 5y ago

johndamaia 5y ago

Thanks so much! You have no idea how happy your comment made me feel. After so many hours of endless coding, this is a breath of fresh air :) Also, you are actually my ideal customer: a Figma user who wants to have an easy and fast way of managing his / her portfolio or personal site. I'm more than happy to answer any questions and keep this conversation going.

josefrichter 5y ago

I have my portfolio on Squarespace as well. Once you start tweaking the template, you hit walls real quick. For most use cases it's not a problem, but for us designers unpolished details harm our reputation. Another thing I find annoying is paying $16/mo for a site that I update maybe twice a year. It's a famous problems for all designers we literally spend FIVE YEARS building new portfolio, because we want it "perfect", while the current one is terribly outdated and we hate since week 2 from launch :-) Makers.so could be an answer, it reminds me of Framer Sites which has similar value proposition.

johndamaia 5y ago
This! This is exactly why I built makers.so. Framer is an amazing tool. But if you are in the Figma ecosystem, it's boring to duplicate your work on a different tool. Same for Webflow. I'm trying to make life easier for Figma users. Happy to help you get started with makers. Anything you need, just let me know :)
- josefrichter 5y ago
  I meant Framer Sites - their new product, currently in (private?) beta. It’s exactly the same as your product. But of course Figma has much bigger user base and it’s good there’s something directly in Figma.