CMU-trained designer: AI coding removes the technical barrier to creativity
davidhoang · x · 2026-10-03
Designer Maayan Albert recounts struggling in her drawing-heavy first year at Carnegie Mellon, finding her edge through creative coding libraries like p5.js (even building a p5 IDE as her thesis), and notes many classmates were held back by lack of technical skill. She argues AI coding now removes that barrier, and her startup Proto Labs aims to let designers build deep prototypes without technical friction.
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