Comment by JonathanLiem

I’ve been working on nexai.app and tried leaning on Cursor/Claude/etc. for the front‑end. The code they spit out basically works. The UI they spit out basically sucks.

Patterns I keep seeing: - Everything looks like the same beige SaaS dashboard: rounded cards, random gradient, Tailwind presets copy‑pasted until entropy. - Zero hierarchy. Every section screams at the same volume. Nothing feels like it has a “job” on the page. - Design systems are imaginary. You get a Frankenmix of Apple, Material, shadcn, and Dribbble shots in one component tree. - Micro‑interactions are overdone or completely off: bouncy, noisy, and unrelated to what the user is actually trying to do. - When you try to “refine” the design, the model tends to bulldoze the good parts instead of making small, surgical tweaks.

Built out http://automotion.dev to solve this, it turns screenshots into UI animations instantly. Been a game-changer for me and I'm my own user.