We used to design predictable user flows. Now AI can interpret, decide, and act on its own. Here’s why the hardest design decisions happen where that autonomy ends.Showing where AI stops in the flow — by gptIn September 2025, researchers at Thinking...
A long workbench split down the middle, finished tools stacked on one side and a single open notebook on the other.My list of tasks I give models without a second thought and what I review until the tools evolve.I’ve used generative models for almost four...
Design physical products with AI. Free, open-source CAD for AI agents like Codex and Claude Code: generate STEP, STL and 3MF models, check DFM, make drawings.
A researcher checks a generated synthesis against her own interview notes while a stack of vendor contracts sits unopened at the edge of her desk.Practitioners know what good output looks like and should own the final call, with operations handling the...
By June 2026, I couldn’t open an app without being told I was falling behind. My Instagram saves were full of designers building agents over a weekend. LinkedIn was a steady stream of people who had “shipped it with Cursor.” And the job listings I was...
A design lead works on a screen alongside two designers at a shared table. AI assisted.AI is shrinking teams we run and raising the bar what each person is expected to produce. That changes what a leader has to bring, starting with their own hands.Bill...
In-System DesignA practical guide for designers: why my design system starts in code, and how I build, check and maintain the Figma library.In-System Design: a three-part series.Part 1: Building an AI-ready design system: Code → Figma (you are here)Part 2:...
Point at your UI. Tell your coding agent what to change. Click elements in Chrome, collect the edits, and copy one prompt for Claude Code, Cursor, or any coding agent.
One person works across a design file, a product roadmap, and a code editor at a single desk, with their badge face down beside the keyboard. AI assisted, steampunk style.Exposure to artificial intelligence runs through the tasks you do each week, not the...