It's Not the UI You're Asking AI to Change — It's the Decision You've Never Made
The functionality works, but the interface is lacking. We get AI to optimize it, but after a dozen rounds of revisions, it just gets messier — many people have experienced this process. This article documents my shift in understanding from "the prompt wasn't written well enough" to "there's no design system at all," and how design tokens transform this from something mystical into an actionable definition.
2026.05 · WeChat (CN)