# Keeping Figma fast

DevFeed: [Keeping Figma fast](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/keeping-figma-fast-9936.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.figma.com/blog/keeping-figma-fast/>)

Author: Slava Kim; Laurel Woods

Published: 2023-08-29T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Figma Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/figma-blog.md>)

Topics: [Figma](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/figma.md>), [Performance Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/performance-testing.md>)

Tags: [dev](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dev.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [figma](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/figma.md>), [performance](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance.md>), [performance-testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/performance-testing.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>)

## AI overview

Figma describes how its performance testing system evolved from a single MacBook running repeated scenarios to a more sophisticated approach built for a larger, more complex product and distributed team. The article discusses granular tests, including simulations with many multiplayer editors, and the need to scale testing as features and releases increased.

## Source excerpt

When a laptop crashed in an empty office, we knew it was time to overhaul our performance testing framework.