How designers are embracing AI to work 90% faster

Designers 🤝 AI

If you’re a designer, you’ve probably tried to use AI coding tools to make small changes in your product — maybe to fix a layout, tweak some copy, or test a new idea. And you’ve probably realized it’s not as smooth as it should be.

I bet I can guess your workflow here: you take a screenshot, try to explain what the component is, how it should look, and what needs to change. Ten minutes later, the AI gives you something that completely misses the point.

That happens because the AI misses the right context. Most of those tools like Cursor are for developers, they aren’t built for how designers actually work. They expect prompts that usually require some coding context, maybe knowledge of your design system.

You just can’t show movement or explain a workflow with a static screenshot. You can’t express the “feel” of a fix in a prompt box. So you end up writing long, clunky explanations for something you could have shown in ten seconds.

And when the AI doesn’t understand, you get frustrated and need to ask a developer to take a look.

That’s the part people don’t talk about enough. Designers are ready to move faster. They already think in systems, patterns, and feedback loops. But the tools right now are forcing them into a way of working that just doesn’t fit. It’s like trying to design with a spreadsheet — technically possible, but it kills the flow.

At Nitpicks, we’re making real progress in enabling AI to understand design the way designers do — visually and contextually. Because as AI coding improves, the only moat will be taste and you need a product that’s delightful to use.