THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS AROUND CLAUDE DESIGN

Summary from the TLDR Design newsletter

Product teams pushed design toward complex systematization in Figma, creating baroque infrastructure with components, variables, and props that require specialized roles to manage. Figma's locked-down format excluded it from AI training data, while LLMs learned code instead, making code increasingly easier for designers as AI improves. As the source of truth shifts back to code, Figma's manual, pre-AI system looks outdated compared to working directly in the medium where designs will actually live.