I told the client I used AI and this is what happened
I finished a visual concept presentation for a client. Images from Midjourney, copy from Claude, AI-validated flows. Before the meeting I had to decide: to say or not to say I used AI.
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Free tools and real workflows from a designer who builds with AI
I have been designing for banks for over 10 years. Now I build everything from scratch with Claude, Midjourney, and PHP. This is not theory. It is what I do every day.
How I use Claude to synthesize user research
I always hated synthesizing research. Reading hours of transcriptions looking for patterns is exhausting. I discovered that Claude completely changes that equation without replacing human analysis.
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AI does not need junior designers but they need AI
Someone asked me if I would hire a junior designer today. The honest answer is not simple because AI eliminated the tasks where juniors were trained. The ladder broke and nobody is building a new one.
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I scored 50/100 on Cloudflare's AI Agent Readiness test with a vanilla PHP blog
Cloudflare released a tool that measures how ready your site is for AI agents. My blog scored 50/100 without frameworks, without APIs, without OAuth. Here is what I implemented and what I ignored on purpose.
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How I redesigned a banking screen using AI from start to finish
A real project, a complete redesign of a banking dashboard using AI at every stage. No names but the process exactly as it happened. Research with Claude, exploration with Midjourney, execution in Figma.
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Design systems in the age of AI
I spent years building design systems for financial companies. When AI started generating complete interfaces in seconds the first thing I thought was not how pretty but how chaotic.
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Figma is not what it used to be and that is fine
My process in Figma no longer looks like it did a year ago. AI slipped into every step of the workflow and what used to be a canvas is now an orchestrator where everything comes together.
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The week I felt AI was better than me
It was a Tuesday. I was working on a visual proposal and in a three-line prompt I generated something that looked better than mine. Not slightly better. Much better. That is how the hardest week of my design career began.
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How I turned 22 GEO concepts into interactive cards and what I learned implementing each one
Three months implementing Generative Engine Optimization on a blog with vanilla PHP. Eight cards. Real data. Code. And an interactive tool nobody else has.
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One Year with AI: Open Letter to Designers
One year ago I started this journey. Today I write to all designers who are still doubting, fearing, or ignoring AI. Not to convince them. To share what I saw from the other side.
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