Building in the Age of AI — Product Thinking, Vibe Coding, and Actually Shipping Stuff

Start with real needs. Focus on the product and the user story. As for code and UI? Let AI take care of it.

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Before we dive in…

I’m a product designer with almost zero coding background. Most of what I know about front-end and back-end comes from working on projects or chatting with engineer friends. So yeah — this post is really just me sharing my own hands-on experience, not some “AI is here to replace everyone” hot take (let’s get that out of the way first 😂).

Back when I first entered the industry, I was at a tiny company where I taught myself just enough HTML and CSS to hack around with WordPress templates. Beyond that, I pretty much stayed far, far away from coding. I even thought about making my own Figma plugin at one point — but since I didn’t fully understand the tech side, I just… didn’t.

My portfolio site? Built with Framer, the no-code website builder. Never once did I imagine I’d be opening up an IDE and actually writing something…