Figma threatens companies using "Dev Mode": Difference between revisions

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==Background==

~~'''Figma's Dev Mode''': Figma's~~ "Dev Mode" ~~is a feature that helps streamline the handoff between designers and developers by displaying CSS properties and other developer-friendly information~~.

===Companies===

As to understand how does this companies use the term "Dev Mode", we have to further analyze what their products do.

*'''Lovable~~'s Dev Mode'''~~: Lovable's "Dev Mode~~" allows users~~ to ~~edit~~ the code ~~generated by its AI~~, ~~enabling non~~-~~coders to build applications more easily~~.

Figma is a design platform, being widely used in software development.

Lovable is a no code app using a chat powered by the Claude LLM<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lovable helps anyone create software 20x faster with Claude |url=https://www.anthropic.com/customers/lovable |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250514042824/https://www.anthropic.com/customers/lovable |archive-date=2025-05-14 |access-date=2025-07-18 |website=Anthropic}}</ref> for the user to instert the prompts and having a website fully functional<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome - Lovable Documentation |url=https://docs.lovable.dev/introduction/welcome |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250716144523/https://docs.lovable.dev/introduction/welcome |archive-date=2025-07-16 |access-date=2025-07-18 |website=Lovable}}</ref>

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!Company

!Dev Mode claim in their website

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|Figma

|Dev Mode gives you the power to easily inspect designs and translate them into code—without changing the design file.

|-

|Lovable

|you can now view the full code repository backing your Lovable project directly in the Lovable Editor.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-12 |title=Versioning, Dev Mode & Lovable Livestream with Clerk |url=https://lovable.dev/blog/versioning-dev-mode |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250707181544/https://lovable.dev/blog/versioning-dev-mode |archive-date=2025-07-07 |access-date=2025-07-18 |website=Lovable}}</ref>

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*'''Historical Use''': The term "Dev Mode" has been used in the tech industry since at least 2004, according to Google Trends data.

*'''Legal Precedents''': While trademarking common terms is not unprecedented, the tech community is particularly sensitive to such actions, especially when they affect smaller companies and open-source projects.

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 ==Background==
-'''Figma's Dev Mode''': Figma's "Dev Mode" is a feature that helps streamline the handoff between designers and developers by displaying CSS properties and other developer-friendly information.
+===Companies===
+As to understand how does this companies use the term "Dev Mode", we have to further analyze what their products do.
-*'''Lovable's Dev Mode''': Lovable's "Dev Mode" allows users to edit the code generated by its AI, enabling non-coders to build applications more easily.
+Figma is a design platform, being widely used in software development.
+Lovable is a no code app using a chat powered by the Claude LLM<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lovable helps anyone create software 20x faster with Claude |url=https://www.anthropic.com/customers/lovable |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250514042824/https://www.anthropic.com/customers/lovable |archive-date=2025-05-14 |access-date=2025-07-18 |website=Anthropic}}</ref> for the user to instert the prompts and having a website fully functional<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome - Lovable Documentation |url=https://docs.lovable.dev/introduction/welcome |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250716144523/https://docs.lovable.dev/introduction/welcome |archive-date=2025-07-16 |access-date=2025-07-18 |website=Lovable}}</ref>
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+
+!Company
+!Dev Mode claim in their website
+|-
+|Figma
+|Dev Mode gives you the power to easily inspect designs and translate them into code—without changing the design file.
+|-
+|Lovable
+|you can now view the full code repository backing your Lovable project directly in the Lovable Editor.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-12 |title=Versioning, Dev Mode & Lovable Livestream with Clerk |url=https://lovable.dev/blog/versioning-dev-mode |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250707181544/https://lovable.dev/blog/versioning-dev-mode |archive-date=2025-07-07 |access-date=2025-07-18 |website=Lovable}}</ref>
+|}
 *'''Historical Use''': The term "Dev Mode" has been used in the tech industry since at least 2004, according to Google Trends data.
 *'''Legal Precedents''': While trademarking common terms is not unprecedented, the tech community is particularly sensitive to such actions, especially when they affect smaller companies and open-source projects.
-*
 ==[Incident]==