Aria Taylor

I m a UI/UX designer and recently started exploring how AI can help bridge the gap between a Figma design and a more functional prototype.

Traditionally, I d create the UI in Figma and then build interactions separately. With the newer AI tools, I m curious how designers are changing this workflow.

For those who work with AI-assisted prototyping:

• How do you go from Figma designs to functional prototypes?

• Which parts of the process does AI handle well?

• Where do you still prefer traditional Figma prototyping?

• Have you found any tools that preserve the original design particularly well?

Every side project I build hits the same wall. The code works, the idea is fine, and then the interface makes it look unfinished. No designer, no budget for one.

So I'm curious how other solo builders actually handle this:

• What's your design process when there's no designer? Component libraries, copying layouts you like, AI tools, something else?

• How do you find out the UX is bad in the first place? I can tell when something feels off, but I can't articulate why so I end up changing colors instead of fixing the real problem.

Curious what your setup looks like.

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