# The Duolingo method: Collaboration as a core practice

DevFeed: [The Duolingo method: Collaboration as a core practice](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-duolingo-method-collaboration-as-a-core-practice-10129.md>)

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

Author: Emma Webster

Published: 2025-08-01T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [Figma](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/figma.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>)

Tags: [collaboration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/collaboration.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [experimentation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/experimentation.md>), [product-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/product-development.md>), [prototypes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/prototypes.md>)

## AI overview

Duolingo's Math team uses collaborative, prototype-driven product development instead of a traditional design-to-engineering handoff. Designers, engineers, and product managers co-create ideas, evaluate interactions in Figma, and iteratively build new learning modules and games.

## Source excerpt

Duolingo's Math team ditches traditional handoff in favor of co-creation, scrappy prototypes, and constant experimentation.