About this session
In this session, we'll break down how SwapWizard, a Figma plugin built during the Into Design Systems Hackathon, went from idea to working tool in just 48 hours. Created by ten designers across the globe, it tackles a long-standing pain: simplifying design system migrations.
Rather than focusing only on the final result, we'll unpack how we formed our team, scoped the right problem, prioritised under extreme time constraints, and moved fast without deep engineering expertise.
You'll see how designers can build practical internal tools, validate real pain points, and use AI tools to accelerate development and support technical decision-making.
We'll also go behind the scenes: which AI tools we chose and why, how we structured prompts, and how we divided responsibilities across design and implementation. You'll hear how Cursor supported plugin logic and refactoring, how GitHub enabled async collaboration, and how Lovable helped us launch a landing page to promote the solution.
We'll show what "vibe coding" looked like in practice, moving fluidly between idea, prompt, generated code, manual refinement, and validation as a distributed team, and how you can apply the same approach within your own team to build tools that solve real problems.
