As developers’ and designers’ worlds mash thanks to the onslaught of companies trying to make a quick dollar, a new problem arises.
Should designers work side-by-side with code as AI bridges the programming gap, or should they stick to their environments?
Ultimately, what’s going to produce the best outcomes? What world is going to be better realized than the other? Which boat should you be on?
There are two very big players in this game with these conflicting world views.
Cursor’s leaning heavily into the idea that everything happens on the site itself, rather than design happening as a “step” within a process. AKA Code-first.
Figma is leaning into the idea that designers design, and then something gets outputted later. AKA Design-first.
Found this interesting article around Cursor’s new “Visual Editor”: A visual editor for the Cursor Browser · Cursor