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Anyone have good lines to include in a prompt to direct LLMs from their default tailwind/Linear/etc. design modes on the first shot?
by SkiFreeWin3 4mo ago
Anyone have good lines to include in a prompt to direct LLMs from their default tailwind/Linear/etc. design modes on the first shot?
- finjo 4mo agoI know this may be a bit dismissive, but I think the need to ask that is the problem. AI can definitely build a design for you. But is no substitute for design skill. The best way to figure out how to prompt an LLM is to develop design skills so you know what to tell it.
- SkiFreeWin3 4mo agoI totally hear what you’re saying. I’ve been in the industry a long time. Even before LLMs, I think web design would get stuck in cycles. So I just want it to spit out something that looks novel and interesting, which pushes me to coach it even better.
- finjo 4mo agoOh definitely. I don’t think bad design is something created by LLMs. LLMs just amplify the problem.
- simonw 4mo ago"No dependencies. Vanilla HTML/JS/CSS".
- onlyrealcuzzo 4mo agoIt'll just rewrite tailwind badly...
- asp_hornet 4mo agoThis might sound like a joke but it’s a surprisingly good take. RSCSS provides a great set of principles to structure and isolate against unintended change. Open Props can be added for design tokens and Open UI has some great examples of components.
- 0x62 4mo agoNot a prompt, but the Tailwind team have a separate product under development that aims to solve this problem: https://ui.sh https://ui.sh
- edoceo 4mo agoI include either "use reset.css" or "use bootstrap" on the prompt. And even say "use fontawesome 6" and it follows. Same as you have to be explicit about instructions to humans. Even humans use their default assumptions w/o clear directions