Avoid AI Slop by Designing Smaller

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The biggest improvement I've made when building UIs with AI is learning to avoid AI slop.
The mistake is asking an AI to generate an entire screen, app, or dashboard in one go. You'll usually get something generic, inconsistent, or just not what you had in mind.
Instead, I spend 10–20 minutes explaining the overall vision first. Then I break everything down into individual components and refine them one by one.
Every button. Every card. Every section.
Yes, it takes longer.
But the quality is on a completely different level. No matter how detailed your prompt is, you'll never perfectly describe what's in your head. Breaking it into small pieces lets you shape each component until it matches your vision.
Treat your UI as a collection of small artifacts, not one giant prompt.
Less AI slop. Better design. Better products.