Designer breaks down why AI-generated sites look like slop, starting with default spacing values
michalmalewicz · x · 2026-10-31
Designer Michal Malewicz is on a mission to "deslopify" AI-generated websites.
- Typical AI defaults: 40px button height, 16px side-padding, 24px card padding, 8px corner radius, 24px grid gap, 96px section spacing — the source of the sameness.
- His anti-slop tweaks: 50px buttons (chunkier, more confident), 20px side-padding, 120px section spacing for intentional whitespace.
- Even reintroducing a 10-point grid makes you different; with an LLM you can go fully custom with brand-matched grid, palette, and typography.
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