Today, I’m testing new features of Canva’s dynamic flag system. Next to me, a fellow engineer is working on the pipeline that updates design images in response to design edits. These are separate features, and both have broad reach through components that make up Canva. As we iterate, each of us is running an isolated, functionally-complete Canva universe, of between 16 and 32 separate components (depending on how you count). We can exercise Canva’s full suite of features: creating and publishing designs, searching images, purchasing and downloading prints, browsing the social graph, interacting with designs in the stream, and so on. We’re not doing this using a vast network of distributed machines; we’re doing this entirely within the confines of our laptops, without even needing network. Read more...
