Over the past few years, I have worked a lot with low-code platforms such as Figma to design and prototype digital products. While these tools made app development more accessible, I often found myself spending hours refining layouts, adjusting components, and creating interactive flows. Even with templates and plugins, building something that truly reflected my vision required a lot of manual effort and repetitive tasks.
Last year, I began experimenting with AI-driven tools that promised to automate parts of this creative process. What initially started as curiosity quickly turned into a major shift in how I work. Platforms like Uizard, Galileo AI, and Figma’s new AI features can now generate wireframes and design concepts directly from simple text prompts. I can describe what I want, for example: “a mobile app interface for food delivery with a dark theme”, and within seconds I get a ready-to-edit prototype.
This change has also been helpful for the project in this course, where I used AI tools to create the prototype version of our business plan. Instead of spending several days building the structure manually, I could iterate quickly, test multiple ideas, and focus more on improving the user experience rather than on pixel-perfect alignment.
What I find most exciting is how AI has blurred the line between design and ideation. It’s not just about saving time, it’s about transforming the creative process itself. Rather than replacing designers, these tools enhance creativity by allowing us to move from concept to visualization almost instantly. For me, this shift from low-code to “no-code with AI” represents the next natural step in digital innovation.
I also liked the way you framed the shift from low-code to no-code by AI as a transformation in creativity, not just efficiency. The comparison of Uizard and Figma’s AI capabilities to how design is becoming conversational, moving away from the arduous build of designs towards discussing ideas, is perfect.
What I like is what you said about user experience and pixel-perfection liberation. That is a tremendous mindset change. Do you believe that as these tools come of age, designers will be working more on strategy and storytelling with AI handling the doing? The creative’s role itself may begin to shift.
Hi,
I really enjoyed reading your blog! I think it’s great how you explained the shift from using low-code tools like Figma to now experimenting with AI-driven design. I can totally relate to what you said about how much time goes into manual adjustments.
I especially liked the point you made about AI blurring the line between design and ideation. It’s not just about saving time but actually changing the creative process, and you captured that really well. Maybe it couldve also be interesting to hear an example of a challenge you faced when using AI tools, just to show how you balanced creativity with automation.