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Re: Why AI Sucks at Front End

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Post by osjsisjdjajxj » Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 10:32 PM UTC

faangguyindia wrote: post #24

Ai ain't gonna perform at level of top front end designer but you will get you halfway at significantly less cost.

It’ll get you a generic template you could’ve gotten from any website builder out there with roughly the same amount of effort. That is not “halfway” in the slightest. That’s getting your foot on the door. Quite literally the absolute bare minimum.

Re: Why AI Sucks at Front End

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Post by osjsisjdjajxj » Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 10:32 PM UTC

totalwebtool wrote: post #80

faangguyindia wrote: post #24

Ai ain't gonna perform at level of top front end designer but you will get you halfway at significantly less cost.

Exactly, it will do a decent job with designs using an established component library or design system. For most/many sites and web apps it will be better and faster than trying to design from scratch. There will continue to be a place for highly custom, unique designs but most smaller sites don't need to start there.

Decent? No. It’ll do a job.

Decent still way too high a compliment for such slop.

Re: Why AI Sucks at Front End

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Post by osjsisjdjajxj » Wed, Apr 15, 2026, 10:36 PM UTC

adastra22 wrote: post #129

schwede wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Isn’t this still true for the large language models and math is detected and handled by an external tool? Anything you can give as a source for the latest state of the art?

No? I’ve never heard of that tbh.

Then you are the one with the information out of date, because that is absolutely the case.