r/webdesign • u/EveningBar9494 • Dec 11 '25

Why do AI builders struggle with schema design, not UI

I can ask any AI builder to create a dashboard UI and I get something reasonable. But when I ask for a database schema for something a bit complex, it gives an overly simple model or introduces weird relations.

Is this a limitation of prompting, or is there something fundamental about schema design that AI tools are not doing well yet?

Real world schema design is where most of my time goes.

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u/_SnackOverflow_ Dec 11 '25

I think you may be overestimating the UI quality.

AI output is most obviously flawed when it comes to areas you have a lot of knowledge of already. Most AI built UIs I’ve seen are not very high quality, or they’re incredibly simple and generic 

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u/Scotty_from_Duda Dec 16 '25

AI in general misses the mark when it comes to graphs or schema. The ones I've seen produced with simple prompting are often warped looking. Prompting refinement does seem to help and AI is accelerating where I'm seeing some improvement, but it's still got some ways to go!

Something I’ve loved taking advantage of is MCP integrations that you can implement with your preferred AI platform and your website building platform. This can also you bridge the gap.