Had my doubts about component swaps until a client project last week

I was always the type who built everything from scratch in Figma. Didn't trust component libraries because I thought they'd make my work look generic. Then I had a client project with like 40 screens and a deadline that got moved up by 3 days. My buddy on the project just started dropping in components from a free library we both knew. I watched him swap out an entire button set in maybe 20 minutes. Meanwhile I was still styling my first CTA. After that I gave it a shot and honestly it saved me like 6 hours of work. Now I keep a small library of components I've tweaked myself. Has anyone else found a few solid libraries they actually trust for serious work?

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lucaslane7d agoMost Upvoted

Switching to components feels like cheating at first, @zarak18, then you realize it's just working smarter.

zarak1810d ago

Yeah honestly I used to think the same way but components actually saved my butt on a tight deadline lol.