slightly contrarian opinion that will probably get no likes: with all the well-deserved energy around “vibe coding” as a way of designing, i feel like we’re inadvertently promoting the idea that no one spends time in Figma anymore — or even just in a Notion doc or on paper, thinking through a problem. that all design is now is prompting language models. i don’t think that’s an accurate expression of the truth. not even at the best ai labs, with access to the most advanced model prototypes. personally, AI has very meaningfully improved the way i work. i open cursor every day and learn so much from both the agent and ask mode. i often have tons of tabs of Chat GPT and Claude open with different streams of thought running. even this post was proofed by AI. but a lot of my time is also spent thinking. and thinking takes many forms: it’s words on a page, designs in a Figma frame, prompts in a thread, spoken words in a voice note, and sometimes even just pure thought. good thoughts matter, no matter the shape they take. for anyone watching and learning by example: my hope is that you don’t lose sight of that. it’s not just a tools game. it’s how you think, talk, communicate, visualize, express, motivate others and, yes: prototype and build. be a whole thinker in all the old and new ways we, humans, think. be the whole, not the part. ❤️