I've been deep in AI design tools lately and there's this thing I keep running into, you can almost always tell when something was "AI generated." Same gradient blobs, same font pairing, same generic spacing. It's not bad, exactly, it just doesn't feel like it was made by someone who actually cares.
We've been building something that tries to solve for that specifically, not "make a design fast," but "make a design that doesn't scream AI made this." Output as real HTML too, so it's not stuck as a mockup you hand off to someone else.
KindTribe
Hey Folks π
I'm Athika, co-founder of TheDesignAI alongside Mahfooz.
Honest confession: I'm a full-stack engineer, and I'm genuinely bad at design inception. I can look at a design and tell you exactly what's wrong and how to fix it, well, that critique muscle is strong. But staring at a blank canvas and generating the first iteration myself? I've tried to train that skill for years and never found the inspiration to stick with it. So with clients, I'd always ask them to hand me a first draft to react to. It worked, but it always felt incomplete, like I was only ever doing half the job.
Then I stumbled onto this little project Mahfooz had been building. The second I saw it, I knew it was something bigger than what it looked like in that moment. He had the technical depth; I brought the business sense and together we shared the genuine passion for it. So We combined forces, and built TDAI over the next two months.
We've had 30+ beta testers since, and we're reiterating on their feedback constantly! What you're seeing today is nowhere close to day zero. It's looked completely different multiple times over. We're proud of how far it's come, and we know there's a long way still to go.
If you're someone who can critique design but freezes at the first blank screen or a designer who's tired of AI tools embarrassing your brand, this is for you! Describe what you want, in a GOOD PROMPT, get real HTML/React Components, hit publish, get a live link. Early bird pricing is live for the first 100 (code FREEBIE: Pro at $10/mo instead of $18, locked forever, for our believers!).
In the comments all day, tell me what breaks, what you love, what's missing. We keep improving at the speed of your thought just like our product!ππ«ΆπΌ
β Athika
"Congrats on the launch! π @athika_fatima
A quick piece of UX feedback: I initially expected the search/input bar on the homepage to be interactive, but noticed it's static. Additionally, is there a way for users to test or preview the product in a sandbox environment without having to create an account first?"
The output actually looked like something I would hand off to engineering rather than a mood board. Honestly surprised how clean the spacing and typography came out on the first try.