Fanta field notes
Notes from building Fanta.
Product essays, architecture choices and practical notes from a native editor where people, source and agents work on the same document.
Public Alpha · 1.0.0
The Mac app is available.
The October 12 release includes a signed Apple Silicon installer, a sample project and captioned native workflows.
Get the Public AlphaReviewed October 19, 2026
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The documentation and roadmap track recent source changes. The download page identifies the installed build and its limits.
pixels → system
Why AI Creation Needs a Real Document
Generation is only the first move. The durable work starts when pixels become selectable, structured, versioned and safe for an agent to change.
Archive
Essays from the build
.fig → FNX
From .fig Import to Native Editing
Import fidelity is not a preview problem. It is a semantics problem: frames, variants, variables and vectors have to survive as editable ideas.
value → meaning
Design Tokens Belong in the Document
When tokens travel with the design, generated work can become part of a system instead of remaining a one-off visual.
model → material
Generation Without Giving Up Control
A model result is more useful when its recipe, billing event and place in the document remain inspectable.
edit → evidence
Versioned Creative Work Is Agent-Ready Work
Readable changes and stable identity turn design history into an interface for review, automation and collaboration.
read → act → see
A Product Surface for Design Agents
The useful agent interface is not chat. It is a compact set of tools that expose document state, controlled edits and visual verification.
Occasional, useful
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