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ridd_design··on Will Figma become an awkward middle ground?
it's a good push back. I do think this assumes some (small) design language to extrapolate. But that's also something that will become borderline free in an AI world so I think it's a safe assumption.

What's more interesting that doesn't exist yet is the ability to create more compelling visual languages/systems based on inspiration screenshots. That's a big unlock IMO. Everything right now is very generic.

ridd_design··on Will Figma become an awkward middle ground?
How incentivized is Figma to invest in a world where fewer developers pay for seats is the real question
ridd_design··on Will Figma become an awkward middle ground?
author here I'm also a product designer! I'm skeptical of the current approach to AI-generated interfaces. But am a big believer that AI will fundamentally change the way we design products.

My high-level hypothesis is that in the same way browser-based design (Figma) displaced Sketch... code-based design will displace Figma. It will start with the longtail and smaller teams. Figma has a stranglehold on enterprise. But I refuse to believe I will be making vector pictures of products in the longrun. It will feel as easy to design interfaces in code. The article is an attempt at discouraging text-based prompting in that world though. I'd much rather have a modern sketching/wireframing tool connected to my code base and design system.