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AI EngineerOne Designer, Hundreds of Deliverables: AI Needs Structured Specs
A single designer shipped hundreds of AI Engineer event assets by turning design systems into agent-friendly specs—but validation and governance still carry…
AI EngineerWhy AI Can’t One-Shot Design and What That Means for Your Team
AI can’t one-shot good design. Paul Bakaus explains why adjectives and verbs are the missing control layer for steering AI design output—and what that means…
AI EngineerYour Design System Is Now an API Contract for AI
Static UIs are ending. Gus Iwanaga shows how his team built intent-driven UX using a declarative protocol that maintains design system control while letting…
InfoQDesktop OS Is Stuck in 2005 — Here’s What Needs to Change
Desktop UX hasn't evolved in 20 years. Scott Jenson proposes local-first, context-aware OS features that could reshape how teams build and use productivity…
GOTO ConferencesYour event terminology is probably wrong—and it's costing you coupling
Jacqui Read cuts through event-driven architecture confusion, separating commands from events, logs from queues, and hype from practice through the lens of…
AI EngineerWhy design taste is the new competitive moat for AI apps
The secret to making AI apps stand out isn't a better model — it's giving your agent high-quality design references and avoiding the telltale signs of AI slop.
Y CombinatorPaper shows design tools are becoming agent infrastructure, not pixel editors
Paper uses HTML/CSS as its rendering engine, enabling agents to design directly in the codebase. The result: no designer-developer handoff, but also a new…
Y CombinatorYour AI Design Output Is Only As Good As Your Context File
YC's design chief voice-codes sites via context files, not key presses. The real bottleneck is feeding the agent the right context. One-shot results need craft.
GOTO ConferencesGrowing & Thriving in a Multi-model World • Alberto Brandolini • GOTO 2025
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