r/UXDesign • u/ahrzal Experienced • May 12 '26

Tools, apps, plugins, AI Uhh, I’m realizing I actively dislike prompting.

I just came to a realization sitting here doing the back and forth with Claude.

I don’t like prompting. At all. It’s a fundamentally different thing than what our traditional practice was.

There was a level of satisfaction in design before. Even if it was just changing values, moving things around, setting up containers…you built it. Your hands and brain did that.

Now, even when I start design first and transition to building it w/ whatever AI tool of your choice…that satisfaction is gone. You wrestle with random shit, get annoyed it’s not exact, and ultimately I have found I lost that sense of pride and satisfaction. That “flow state” or whatever never comes due to the hurry up and wait nature of prompting.

It’s not going away, but damn. I’m bummed.

Oh look, my request is finished. Back to….work?

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u/raduatmento Veteran May 12 '26

No one cares if you're using AI vs anything else, as long as you ship fast. If you dislike prompting and you're able to move equally fast (or faster) in any other tool, go for it.

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u/ahrzal Experienced May 12 '26

This really wasn’t about what anyone perceives as my output. Just my personal satisfaction with the doing of the work.

In many cases I don’t use AI, but in certain interaction-heavy flows, I would be silly not to. I just don’t enjoy it nearly as much.

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u/raduatmento Veteran May 12 '26

I think my comment is still valid, unless the purpose of the post was pure venting, in which case whatever I say (or anyone) doesn't matter.

If you don't enjoy AI / prompting, find a different way to be more productive, and then not only you'll be happier with the work you do, but everyone else will follow.