Insights

Programmatic video: Claude writes React components, Remotion renders to MP4 — no timeline editor. A heavy kit adds voiceovers, captions and a render-review-fix loop.

How agent loops let one founder run serial tasks unattended — ship, test, coverage, docs — multiplying output without hiring. Which loops to start with and why.

Build carousels, quote cards and infographics in code so fonts, colors and logos stay correct — exported as crisp PNG/PDF, locked to a reusable weekly template.

Generate blog headers, thumbnails and mockups without leaving the agent (~$0.04/image), and use a 5-component formula to turn a lazy one-liner into a directed shot.

Code-driven generative art — flow fields, noise, particles — is unique per render and never looks like stock. The anti-slop move for hero textures.

One-shot identity boards — logo directions, palette, type, mockups — as reference frames you hand to the coding agent for real code.

When a Figma file exists you want faithful translation, not the agent improvising. The Figma MCP bridges design to code that respects your system.

Agents invent a fresh hex per component. A token system generated from one brand color makes consistency automatic instead of accidental.

A motion auditor blends three conflicting philosophies — restraint, polish, play — weighted to context to catch the tells of generic AI animation.

The hard motion rules that separate senior animation from slop: durations, easing, exits faster than entrances, transform-only for 60fps, and reduced-motion respect.

The single highest-leverage move in AI design: let the agent screenshot the rendered page, compare to a reference, and iterate. Without eyes you trust a blind model.

Blended design is dead design. Why committing to one extreme — brutalist, editorial, luxury, maximalist — beats the safe middle, and the skills that force the commitment.