I joined the Config Makeathon.  Our challenge was to design and build something that makes a difference, to use Figma's new tools and test them out.  I built Trail Scope - a community-powered, mobile-first web app that lets outdoor enthusiasts in Puerto Rico check and report trail conditions in seconds — no group chat required. It took a week o design and develop this app using Figma + Figma Make.  Overview

Problem statement: Outdoor enthusiasts in Puerto Rico — trail builders, mountain bikers, hikers, and runners — have no centralized way to know the current conditions of our local trails. Unpredictable tropical weather forces community members to contact multiple social media groups to get a trail status update which may take hours or days. This uncertainty leads to plans being changed or canceled last minute, and in more serious cases, exposes users to hazardous or impassable trail conditions.

Opportunity: By creating a community-powered, mobile-first trail condition reporting app, Trail Scope can become the single source of truth for trail status in Puerto Rico — with the foundation to scale globally. Reducing friction in getting and sharing real-time trail information increases safety, improves the outdoor experience, and strengthens the local trail community. Users & audience

Primary persona — the active outdoor enthusiast Mountain bikers, hikers, trail runners, and trail builders based in Puerto Rico. They are mobile-first, active on social media, and currently rely on WhatsApp groups or Facebook to get trail updates. Their biggest pain points are uncertainty before heading out and wasted trips due to poor conditions.

Secondary persona — the trail steward Trail builders and maintainers who want to alert the community about hazards, closures, or recent work done on a trail. They are proactive contributors who care about trail safety and community trust. Link to live prototype: https://sans-party-16392973.figma.site Link to Figma Make file: https://www.figma.com/make/lwCzP7lQkPJYDkuNtwtcJ5/Config-Makeathon?t=7WjJvLBOnb98rMZ4-1

Trail Scope is a genuinely useful idea. The problem you're solving is real, hikers getting stuck with outdated info from scattered WhatsApp groups is a safety issue, not just an inconvenience. The nature illustration style fits the outdoor context really well too.

BABBU

Every toddler invents their own language. Babbu is my daughter Matilda's word for ball. By the time she says it correctly, I'll have already forgotten how it sounded.

Babbu is a private dictionary for the words only your child says, the mispronunciations, the invented names, the sounds that make sense to no one but you. No social features. No accounts. Just a growing archive of a specific, unrepeatable moment in your child's life.

Try it here: https://adobe-slush-93538397.figma.site

✨ What it does

- Add a word as your child says it, plus what it actually means - Record their voice directly in the app - Automatically matches an illustration to the word's meaning, translating it from any language - Colour-code each card - Search your collection - Share a snapshot of the full dictionary with family as a single link

🛠️ Built with

Figma Make Anthropic API — icon matching with automatic translation Native browser MediaRecorder API — audio recording, no dependencies localStorage — fully private, lives on your device

🔮 What's next

Live sync so the dictionary stays up to date for everyone Family members can contribute words from their end Milestones view — first word, tenth, fiftieth A printed book of the whole dictionary

This is so wonderful! Did you make the video with Weave?