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January Recap: Closing the Gap Between Canvas and Code
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Brandon Palin
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January Recap: Closing the Gap Between Canvas and Code

January at Tempo was all about one thing: Design Engineering. We spent the month showing you how to stop building "toys" and start shipping professional-grade React applications directly from your design environment.

If you missed any of our "Tempo Tips" or feature drops, here is everything we shipped and shared this month to help you move faster.

New Features Shipped

  • Canvas Pages: An infinite canvas is great; an infinite mess is not. We added Pages to organize your flows and component libraries. Plus, Tempo AI is now page-aware!
  • Full Screen Mode: We cleared the clutter. You can now strip away the editor interface to interact with your app exactly how a user would, allowing you to judge the "feel" without the noise of code panels.

Top Tempo Tips

  • Full Pixel Control: AI is great until you need to move a button exactly 5 pixels. We highlighted how Tempo gives you the best of both worlds: high-speed AI generation with the manual precision of a traditional design tool.
  • The "Import Repo" Power: You don't have to start from scratch. We demonstrated how to import existing production React repos directly into Tempo to reuse your own design systems.
  • Tempo = Figma + Cursor: We've been vocal about our philosophy this month. Tempo is the bridge between the visual intuition of Figma and the production power of Cursor. You aren't editing a mockup; you’re editing the real code.

Community Highlights

We also celebrated the winner of the Tempo Challenge Hackathon, featuring incredible projects like CloudCompass AI (Text-to-Terraform) and SlipPay (an AI spending companion). It’s proof that if you can dream it, you can ship it on Tempo.

Want to see these tips in action? Follow us on:

X: @Tempo_Labs
LinkedIn: @tempolabs
YouTube:@tempolabs
Instagram: @tempolabs.ai

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