Ask HN: How to stop your coding agent from creating just AI slop for the UI/UX?

A Hacker News user asked how to prevent coding agents from generating poor UI/UX designs, with commenters suggesting providing reference screenshots or design inspirations and explicitly instructing the AI on what not to do.

Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login Ask HN: How to stop your coding agent from creating just AI slop for the UI/UX? 1 point by AlanAAG 34 minutes ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments Coding agents are increasingly taking over tasks for us, but ui/ux is still something that just keeps looking like plain ai slop. I am sure theres ways to solve this, how?? help minimaxir 4 minutes ago | next – Give it a reference e.g. a screenshot or a design inspiration. You have to explicitly tell LLMs what you don't want, they are not mind-readers. reply andrewstuart 31 minutes ago | prev – Tell Claude to use its web design skill and give you 10 styles to choose from. Point it to a style you like. reply Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact Search: