Why AI writes software but doesn't build a good product

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If you believe Death by Claude, Trello, Notion, and other tools are "already dead." When I read that and realized that many are declaring SaaS dead for reasons like these, I thought: Why should I prefer an ugly but functional solution that Claude Code or Claude Design can build for me in minutes to a tool that has been developed over years and optimized in terms of UI and UX?<br>Whether we'll still be using tools like Trello or Notion in 10 years depends heavily on how good AI becomes in an area that's currently still in its infancy: user interface and user experience. Sure, Claude can already write clean code and generate real software within a few days—but would anyone actually want to use it? Frello is the best example: I've invested most of my time in precisely the areas where AI is practically useless—user interface and security.<br>Colors, typography, and the combination of both are the least of it, and simultaneously the first area where AI is inherently very weak. The heart of Frello—the task workflows, team communication, the detailed task view—was something AI could never have achieved. Never. Maybe that will change someday, but currently: no chance. Claude is like a friend or colleague in this regard, someone you ask for their opinion, but whose opinion you never base a fundamental decision on.<br>There are certainly plenty of examples when it comes to security. Claude almost replaced my entire policy at Supabase once, making sensitive data available to all users—data that is normally restricted to certain groups. But that's a different story.<br>You probably understand the point I'm trying to make. Will AI ever be able to write software that looks or works really well? I'm not so sure. But we should probably ask ourselves: Do we want innovation in the future, or mass-produced products that all feel and function the same? Wouldn't that be something that wouldn't suit us humans at all: stagnation?<br>Hmm.

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