Ask HN: How Are People Designing Apps in the Age of AI?
18 points by hhimanshu 6 days ago | 21 comments
In the age of AI, I’m curious to know how people are designing apps, especially if they’re solo founders or small teams. Are there tools out there that can help design app workflows from end to end? What does the process look like for solopreneurs who are juggling both development and design?
Specifically, with frameworks like TailwindUI, TailwindCSS, and ShadCN being mature and widely available, why does designing quickly and efficiently still feel like a challenge? Is there a gap between the tooling available and the ability to build great UX fast?
Also, how do people handle UX variants when designing and iterating on their apps? Do tools exist that simplify managing and testing different versions of the UI?
Would love to hear about how people are approaching app design, especially in small or one-person teams, and whether there are tools or processes that bridge this gap effectively.
muzani 10 hours ago | next |
I prefer weird, marketable designs rather than doing generic design faster.
Like instead of a generic progress bar to your next payment, it should look like an hourglass that changes from sand to blood when your payment is overdue. For some reason, the PMs didn't like this, though. Nor did they like the idea of sending threatening Suno-generated music on WhatsApp instead of push notifications.
But the more intelligent AIs are quite good at this. I've been doing moodboards, like taking snippets from comic books and asking AI to design it to that style, with thick bordered buttons and full screen notifications that "BAM!" at you. Haven't tried with o1 but it seems perfect for it.