i finally cracked frontend design with AI... without using any skill
frontend needs taste to not look like slop, and i'm more of an engineer than an artist, so i'm genuinely bad at it
my way around it: collecting inspirations and modules from other people, building a lego of components
resources you can send to your agents:
- https://t.co/7CUfh1jSmr
- https://t.co/hKiKiyjLd8
- https://t.co/XMkWlWenQv
- https://t.co/k3p8MhfvCj
- https://t.co/PTkhqaLgU7
it's VERY easy for agents to edit components once they have the code
you send the link, your agent fetches the full list of components, then you ask it to find the best way to integrate them into your frontend foundation
the easiest way i found to make your UI/UX drastically better without being a genius designer
I use @pidotdev as my daily driver because it stays lean. Pi gives me an efficient, understandable core and lets me add capabilities only where my workflow needs them.
These are my current favorite extensions:
• Ponytail -- nudges the agent to reuse what already exists before writing more code. I use it to keep implementations focused and avoid unnecessary complexity.
https://t.co/IviojsLPt0
• pi-web-access -- gives Pi web search and access to pages, GitHub repositories, PDFs and videos. I connect it to my own SearXNG instance so Pi can research a topic and bring the relevant context into the session.
https://t.co/1M9FztKMmJ
• pi-subagents -- lets me delegate focused work to different models. I use it to run research or reviews in parallel and return concise results to the parent session.
https://t.co/mYlvUJBUPE
• pi-fff -- adds pre-indexed fuzzy file and content search with frecency ranking. It makes larger repositories noticeably faster to navigate.
https://t.co/wtZ9ZOGtTh
• pi-context-view -- estimates how the context window is being used, including the base prompt, tool definitions and extension injections. I use it to check the context cost of every capability I add.
https://t.co/p3JAdwoIB0
What extensions have earned a permanent place in your Pi setup?
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UI/UX Designers, here are my all time best illustrations site on the internet.
Bookmark it for later 💜
1. Getillustration → https://t.co/ik7EwjeqFw
2. Opendoodles → https://t.co/9rjnzx9YTm
3. Openpeeps → https://t.co/Zvocqx77oq
4. Humaaans → https://t.co/ynORAVbwpW
5. Illlustrations → https://t.co/S1Mj0ZESlQ
6. Drawkit → https://t.co/Hsec3SUZQO
7. Undraw → https://t.co/SY8M0IpkdI
8. Popsy → https://t.co/gIGXzAFOhw