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    LinkedIn is rampant right now with posts about Claude Design and other Figma killers.

    I can't tell if the post authors are faux-design-"influencers" or actual UX and product designers working on complex projects, or whether they're solo freelancers or people working within actual businesses.

    But the one thing that I keep realizing is that without some beyond-advanced technical web skills and technology aptitude, most of these people are creating static stuff they have to run in Claude, and would struggle to export outside of it if creating a functional prototype.

    I'm working on a prototype for a project of my own right now, and with every terminal command, VS Code instruction, extensive troubleshooting and error correcting with Claude, scaffolding command, etc. etc. I keep wondering "is the average non-technical ux designer going to know how to even do anything of this?"

    There's this weird consensus amongst the posts I'm seeing that we're down to prompt level do-it-all instructions to just let Claude do everything. Sure, that's great if you're just instructing Figma to do something, but to actually spin up a fully functional website, with all the frameworks needed, that's way more involved and IMO not an easy task for someone who is solely a designer.

    I keep wondering if this is where the differentiation is in UX, especially in a role that's a mix of design and technologist hats.

    I'm looking for a new role right now since my contract where I currently work is up in May. It's this kind of stuff that I agonize over when it comes to cover letter and resume, in trying to confidently showcase that mix of ux design and design technologist in a way that leverages AI tools the right way.

    Thoughts?

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    • I've been playing around with claud design and I must say it's quite excellent at building websites even from a few vague prompts and mood boards_niko
    • the only issue is that you quickly burn through credits, my basic $30/month plan wasted after 1 simple build and then I upgraded to $130/month_niko
    • I'd love to hear more about how you're using it. What I want to better understand is if there's the gap I'm imagining.mg33
    • which was 20x the credits but that didn't get me far either. apples to apples though it's still way cheaper than hiring someone or spending hundreds of hours d_niko
    • ...doing it myself._niko
    • EX: What precisely is the output Claude Design is giving you? Is it functional code? Where does it live? Is it on Github? Local?mg33
    • My AI coding learning started in 2021. These days I'm starting in Claude console chats (not even Claude code) and then moving over to Claude in VS Code.mg33
    • Everything's running on my NAS, local server and all that.

      Where is Claude Design outputting code?      mg33
    • It exports the full codebase and you can upload it to your server. I believe, I haven't gotten that far yet, just prototypes but they look like fully working si_niko
    • sites to me._niko
    • the output is html with inline css and JS. I'm just going through it now to see if it's making calls anywhere. I don't have forms or admin sections, just front-_niko
    • I think you need to bite the bullet and try a basic plan, for 1/4 of what you charge clients for a single hour you can play with it for a month. then cancel._niko
    • Gotcha. So, full code, but inline. Not separated out, dedicated folders for frameworks, shared code, etc.mg33
    • In your opinion, Niko, do you feel like it's best suited to prototyping and handoff to dev? Or close-to-final code for a dev to polish, QA, etc?mg33
    • The thing I'm prototyping now, it's all separate files. Basically built an environment where I can start creating multiple projects and prototypesmg33
    • with the same shared files, CSS, MUI tokens, React stuff, etc. Going to add a DB to it on my NAS and it becomes leagues beyond anything I could do in Figmamg33
    • and it took 1/100th the time to set up, prompt the features, fully use MUI components, establish design tokens, and it's fully functional.mg33
    • DB takes it much further if I were to show it as a functional prototype as opposed to building one in Figma. Feels like Axure and how it can save variables,mg33
    • has working inputs, etc.mg33
    • for me it's close to final code but again, I've only created front-end builds with it. But I'm treating these as proof of concept or glorified mockups for clien_niko
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