@stephaniewalter@front-end.social
Post #2161907
2026-05-05 12:30 UTC
Design isn’t the pretty pixels output. It is the slow, messy work of understanding context, constraints, and real needs. And then shaping a solution that actually fits. AI can fake the form, not the thinking. And when it’s faked, the product that looks polished, ambitious, and impressive at first glance, begins to unravel the moment you actually use it. Great thoughts by Karri Saarinen
Output isn’t design (5min) https://linear.app/now/output-isn-t-design
https://linear.app/now/output-isn-t-design
Replies (2)
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@viraptor@cyberplace.social 2026-05-05 12:42
@stephaniewalter@front-end.social I hate to grumble once again about this, but I feel like this is another person who just asked for the output and never considered alternatives. Asking LLMs to review your spec and ask questions about things missing in your design is brutal. They always come up with: simple things I missed, things that may need thinking about, and things that are so left field they make me reconsider the whole project. And they'll keep working on the design forever if that's what you want!
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@nuwagaba2@mastodon.social 2026-05-05 12:53
@stephaniewalter@front-end.social Does that make AI a dangerous tool for design?