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5 June 2026

Why We Built Open Pravatar as a Figma Plugin (Not Just Another Avatar API)

From ChatGPT Image 2 generation to in-canvas search: what we learned shipping a design-tool plugin

Open Pravatar started as a searchable portrait library. The real value emerged when we put it inside Figma — where designers actually work.

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5 June 2026

Why Rightmove Is Hard to Automate (and Why That's the Point)

What Rightmove's architecture teaches us about scraping, data joins and system incentives

Rightmove isn't hard to scrape by accident. Its architecture uses intentional friction — separate IDs, no join keys, and interaction-driven disclosure — to keep data useful for humans and resistant to automation.

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