AI can generate a clean-looking interface in seconds. But let’s be honest: most of them feel like AI made them, especially now that we are flooded with AI-generated webpages.
The fonts are too bold, the layouts feel sterile, and as Meng To says, they’re often “devoid of personality.”
This manual is about fixing that. It’s about using AI not to replace design, but to accelerate it — and then applying your taste, cultural nuance, and brand voice to make the final result feel human, local, and intentional.
You’re not building a generic product. You’re building something that reflects your taste, your intent, your identity. And your design process should reflect that — AI can help, as long as you guide it with clarity and care.
Vibe Coding isn’t just about describing an idea — it’s about thinking like an architect, and prompting like a builder.
Modern Vibe Coding platforms and tools powered by AI aren’t just code generators. They’re design interpreters. Tools like Lovable, Bolt, Firebase Studio, Chef and v0.dev can scaffold entire modern web apps in seconds. But what they generate depends entirely on how well you describe the interface.
You don’t need to be a developer.
You don’t need to be a designer.
But you do need to speak in a structured manner.
Before code comes vocabulary. Before interfaces come instructions.
You need to speak design language.
In a conversation with Greg Isenberg, Meng To (creator of Aura), said:
“I think there's such a problem right now with AI creating generic content and creating generic designs…”
As Meng explains, a major problem with AI today is that it generates generic design, largely because the prompts themselves lack taste and detail.
“AI generates the same boring designs. You need to give a lot of context to AI and… train with taste.
In summary, AI doesn’t have taste. It’s your job to channel your taste into it by giving it structure, nuance, and context.