Re:Writing as a Thinking Tool
by gobdovan on Sunday November 08, 2026 @02:57PM
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I actually appreciate working with LLMs on design quite a lot, although I'm not a designer by trade so my situation may differ. I enjoy getting an image-generated mockup (that is usually top class), then letting an LLM implement it, then seeing where it doesn't feel quite right. Then trying to understand why it doesn't feel right. When I do the CSS myself, I iterate one component at a time and usually not get the 'find the 100 differences' feel. Animations are even more fun, you feel they suck, but you have to slow them down to understand what's really making them suck. Not claiming I can do good designs, but it helped me identify faster why some designs were bad.
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Yeah I can see when you’re on a certain part of a learning curve how that kind of iteration can be really useful. “That seems good, let’s see it. Hm now I feel how this part is clunky”. I can imagine looping that way for certain kinds of things I don’t have a ton of experience with — animations will be a good one for me actually.