THE AI CODE DESIGN JOURNAL
Fresh thinking.
Better making.
Practical ideas about design, AI workflows, building products, and finding your creative footing.
NEW · FUNCTIONAL PROTOTYPES
Designers can build the behavior, too.
Start with the complete functional prototype guide →
BUILDING FOUNDATIONS
State, data, and APIs: the parts behind your design
Understand what a screen remembers, where information lives, and when a prototype actually needs a backend.
Read the guide →USER TESTING
Test the task, not just the screen
A practical test script for finding the moments where a convincing prototype stops helping a real person.
Read the guide →RELEASE DECISIONS
Your prototype works. Is it ready for customers?
Use a release decision sheet to separate a useful demo from a product you can responsibly maintain.
Read the guide →AI WORKFLOWS · 3 min read
Stop prompting. Start briefing.
The best thing you can give an AI builder is a clear problem, not a longer wish list.
By design.THE AI CODE DESIGN JOURNAL
DESIGN THINKING · 3 min read
Your taste is a skill. So is your judgment.
Why knowing what to change matters just as much as knowing how to generate it.
Build. Repeat.THE AI CODE DESIGN JOURNAL
PROCESS · 3 min read
From a messy sketch to a working interface
Use your roughest drawing to make a much better conversation with AI.
feel like you.THE AI CODE DESIGN JOURNAL
VISUAL DESIGN · 3 min read
How to escape the generic AI look
Five deliberate design decisions that make a screen feel like yours.
actual bug.THE AI CODE DESIGN JOURNAL
BUILDING · 3 min read
When the AI-built app breaks, start here
A calmer debugging workflow for people who are still learning to code.
decisions.THE AI CODE DESIGN JOURNAL
CAREER · 3 min read
Build with AI. Show your own thinking.
Make a case study that explains your contribution, your choices, and your learning.