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378 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 22 Aug 25 07:08 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

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anymouse123456 ◴[22 Aug 25 13:36 UTC] No.44984528[source]▶

AI has been great for UX prototypes.

Get something stood up quickly to react to.

It's not complete, it's not correct, it's not maintainable. But it's literal minutes to go from a blank page to seeing something clickable-ish.

We do that for a few rounds, set a direction and then throw it in the trash and start building.

In that sense, AI can be incredibly powerful, useful and has saved tons of time developing the wrong thing.

I can't see the future, but it's definitely not generating useful applications out of whole cloth at this point in time.

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cck9672 ◴[22 Aug 25 13:38 UTC] No.44984557[source]▶

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Can you elaborate on your process and tools here? This use case may actually be valuable for me and my team.

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1. waterproof ◴[22 Aug 25 13:48 UTC] No.44984659[source]▶

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Tools that can build you a quick clickable prototype are everywhere. Replit, claude code, cursor, ChatGPT Pro, v0.app, they're all totally capable.

From there it's the important part: discussing, documenting, and making sure you're on the same page about what to actually build. Ideally, get input from your actual customers on the mockup (or multiple mockups) so you know what resonates and what doesn't.

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