In a world where Front-end is fully automated, who will own UI in production?
AI continues evolving rapidly, and this question keeps us up at night.
In their article, Jennifer Li and Yoko Li of Andreessen Horowitz discuss design-to-code and generative UI:
https://lnkd.in/dTJ8Bp3K
At Anima, we see a future where the lines between design and development blur, thanks to AI-driven automation.
Imagine an AI agent that knows your company’s design system and Front-end code inside out—one that can turn a design, an image, or even specs into fully functional, well-tested, bug-free code. In such a world, who owns Front-end? Who is operating that AI agent?
The answer could be either technical architects, product teams, UX teams, or a new position that doesn’t exist yet.
It’ll take years before such a shift happens, and developers still own production code end-to-end.
Today, Front-end developers are critical for anything more than a template-based no-code website.
Our goals for the design-to-code challenge are also changing, as we build toward this future. Until today, we aimed for 100% pixel-perfect fidelity when converting a design into generic code, that could suit everyone. However, with AI capabilities, we can do more. We can customize and personalize the code. When building complex products on top of existing code, we want to aim for 100% of the right functionality, fidelity comes second.
At Anima, we are paving the path toward AI transformation from design to code that mimics the way humans are doing it.
Anima Frontier, announced 10 days ago, transforms design to code with the understanding of the existing code base.
We now generate code that uses design system code components and follows the developer’s coding styles and conventions.
If your team is building Front-end, and you wish to automate it and deliver faster, join us to shape that future:
animaapp.com/frontier
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