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CURSOR FOR DESIGNERS GUIDE
Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter
AI tools like Cursor and Claude Code enable designers without coding experience to build functional web applications through "vibe-coding". The guide demonstrates how to create a personal portfolio website with AI chat functionality in 48 hours and a growth design tool in 5 days, using a workflow that includes planning with Claude Code, iterating on natural language prompts, and deploying to GitHub and Vercel. Step-by-step instructions cover how to set up these tools, build projects from static sites to full web apps with authentication and databases, and deploy them with custom domains.