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Most people give AI the same instructions every session. Business context. Tone. Rules. Pasted in fresh every time.
There's a better way.
AI has two types of context.
Things that never change:
- your standards
- your voice
- how decisions get made
And things that do:
- what's been built
- what's been decided
- what's open right now.
The first type should be stored once and loaded automatically. The second should be live, pulled from wherever your current state actually lives.
When you mix them up, you either pay to reload the same static rules on every call, or you're running on stale context that doesn't reflect where things actually are.
Right information. Right layer. Every session starts informed without you doing anything.
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How much time do you spend saying “I’ll get back to you with details” instead of actually designing? 😣
I don’t think AI should generate more designs. My dream AI flow would be that at the moment I book a project, all the admin to builds itself 😏
1️⃣ A task board with timelines and phases already mapped
2️⃣ A contract generated from the project scope
3️⃣ A budget aligned with my pricing, ready to send
No back and forth. No losing 2 to 3 hours doing things I have already done a hundred times.
Because the real bottleneck is not the creative phase. It is everything around it and I believe that if that disappears, the work gets better by default.
Tell me, how much time do you spend on admin stuff and what would you automate first if you could?
How are you actually structuring your AI workflow right now - are your tools connected, or are you still using them separately?
I’ve landed on a pretty simple system using just Claude + Flora.
Claude is where I develop the thinking - my existing brand direction, concepts, and refining prompts until they actually reflect the creative intent behind the project.
Flora is where that intent becomes visual. It’s a node-based canvas, so I can generate imagery, iterate variations, drop in mockups, and build full product scenes in one connected system.
I don’t see AI replacing design thinking. I see it speeding up execution while I stay fully in control of direction, taste, and decisions.
Curious to hear from you guys 🤔
📢 What does your AI workflow look like right now?
📢 What tools are you actually using day to day?
📢 And is there anything you think I should check out?
Would love to hear how others are building their systems.
this is wonderful, i love your lightning!
Over the years I've designed many mobile apps for clients.
This one is different. It's mine.
- Two weekends.
- Figma for the design (it's hand-made)
- Claude for the code, App Store research and strategy and everything related to the app submission.
- 1 rejection from Apple, sorted out in a few minutes this morning, resubmitted for review and we're now live.
It's nothing world changing - just a kitchen timer. But it's on the App Store and I built it as a designer with zero coding skills. Gotta wrap up a case study for this soon.
P.S. Feels a bit odd to have "Developer" label above my name 🤣
Cool stuff Ivo, congrats on the lunch 😃 . You probably got this request before haha, do you mind sharing more behind the scenes of this project? For example, did you start first in Claude then doing visual refinements in Figma or the other way around?
Thanks 🫡
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