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Excalidraw libraries are the lowest-friction way to start a system. https://excalidraw.comProtoPie still leads micro-interaction prototyping — way past Figma's reach. https://www.protopie.ioPenpot is the open-source Figma alternative that's finally getting good. https://penpot.appTldraw open-sourced an entire whiteboard — and the API is genuinely good. https://www.tldraw.comFigma's dev mode finally turns design-to-code into a real handoff. https://www.figma.com/dev-mode/Beautiful.ai removes the "slide chrome" decisions and lets you focus on content. https://www.beautiful.aiEraser.io is excalidraw + diagrams-as-code + AI. The dev-doc workflow of 2026. https://www.eraser.ioPitch is what Keynote should have been if it were built today. https://pitch.comInter typeface—Rasmus Andersson's meticulously hinted variable font designed for screens, now the default in countless design systems. https://rsms.me/inter/Helvetica Now Variable modernizes a typeface that's been everywhere since 1957—and proves that foundries can still surprise us. https://www.monotype.com/fonts/helvetica-nowObsidian Canvas turns note-taking into spatial thinking. Nodes, connections, and emergent patterns—the thinking process itself becomes visible. https://obsidian.md/canvas
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