If you can describe it, you can build it.
You already know the experience you want to create. So why waste time dragging boxes around in Figma? With the right prompts and a bit of dev know-how, you can go straight from idea to a working product.
That’s what I did. I built a React web app that:
- Integrated with a third-party data scraper
- Created own proxy server to filter images through
- Used Google Maps API
- Stored data in Firebase
- Created an interactive, responsive UI
Once the functionality was locked in, styling was effortless.
Providing you know what you want and you know how to ask for it.
AI isn’t here to replace designers—but it is here to change the game. Here’s how:
- Prototyping on Steroids: Skip the static screens, go straight to functional UI.
- AI-Generated Code: ChatGPT, Claude, and others can write real, working React components.
- Instant UI Styling: ChatGPT, Claude, and others can also write .CSS.
- Smarter UX Tweaks: AI-powered insights show you what’s broken before users even notice.
How to get started? Just ask AI!
Here’s and example: To create your first React app, start by installing Node.js if you haven’t already, as it includes npm (Node Package Manager). Then, open a terminal or command prompt and run npx create-react-app my-app, replacing my-app with your preferred project name. This command sets up a new React project with all necessary dependencies and configurations. Once the installation is complete, navigate to your project folder using cd my-app and start the development server with npm start. This will launch your React app in the browser at http://localhost:3000/, where you can begin editing src/App.js to customize your application.
What’s Next?
Design isn’t dying—it’s evolving. The best designers will be the ones who leverage AI to move faster, think bigger, and execute better. Less clicking, more creating.
Try it!
“ If you can describe it, you can build it.”
