Figma multiplayer: one file, two hundred editors
How a design tool lets up to 500 people edit one file at once: one owner server per file that holds it in memory and orders every property change, last-writer-wins per property, optimistic edits that never flicker, an outbox and a fenced journal so nothing anyone saw is lost, and cursors on their own cheap, lossy path.
01 · Thursday, 4 pm
SQ-15 · Figma Multiplayer Editing
One button. Three editors. One file.
Priya nudges Pay, 8 px
It's 4 pm on a Thursday, and the checkout redesign is in review.
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