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Steven Smith

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What I’m learning about designing and building with AI, written up as I go.

  1. Field reportEN / JAOctober 2026

    Designed, not generated: how I get polished design out of AI

    AI can make a page in seconds. Getting one that looks designed takes the same things good design always took: context, references, a system, the fundamentals, an idea of its own, and review. AI tells are only one part of it.

  2. Field reportEN / JAOctober 2026

    I had an AI agent rebuild three popular apps. Here’s how.

    An open-source reverse-engineering tool, an agent, and about 30 minutes per app. The process, what came out, and what the copies couldn’t reach.

  3. Field reportEN / JAOctober 2026

    Loop engineering: how AI work gets better every time round

    The AI checks and improves its own work in loops, people keep the decisions, and a harness holds it all to a standard. Shown on a real app I led.

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