Designer's tip: make AI-built apps look handcoded, the opposite of AI slop
alexmacgregor__ · x · 2026-11-15
Designer Alex MacGregor shares a one-line design principle for the AI-coding era: design your app so it looks like it was hand-coded — the exact opposite of generic "AI slop" aesthetics. Even when using AI tools to generate code and UI, aim for non-templated, human-crafted design details.
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