guides

Fix the AI look

Vibe-coded and AI-built sites all look the same because models return the average of the web. These guides name the exact tells and give the concrete fixes, with the way to stop it happening at build time.

• 6 min read

  How to make a vibe-coded app look professional

  Vibe-coded apps all share the same look: purple gradient, centered hero, three cards, Inter everywhere. Here is exactly why, and the specific changes that make one look like a studio built it.

• 7 min read

  How to fix a vibe-coded UI: the AI-slop checklist

  A runnable checklist for fixing a vibe-coded UI. The exact AI-slop tells across color, type, layout, and motion, each with the concrete fix, in the order to do them.

• 6 min read

  How to make an AI-built site stop looking AI-built

  AI-built sites look generic because models regress to the average of the web. Here are the specific tells, the quick fixes, and how to prompt for design taste so the site looks custom.

• 7 min read

  How to give your AI coding agent design taste

  Claude Code and Codex build working sites that look generic. Here are the classes of anti-slop tools that fix it (instruction skills, mockup generators, design-system servers, and taste engines), what each actually does, and how to pick.

• 8 min read

  The best MCP servers for web design in 2026

  An honest comparison of the MCP servers agents actually use for web design: Figma's Dev Mode server, shadcn and component servers, the Mobbin MCP and reference libraries, mockup generators, Playwright for inspection, and Standout for art direction plus scored enforcement. Pick by job, not by hype.

• 6 min read

  How to make Claude Code build client-ready websites

  Claude Code writes working sites that look AI-built by default. The fix is a workflow: lock direction before it builds, make it assemble finished sections, then score the rendered page against a client-ready bar until it clears 85.

• 6 min read

  Why AI-built sites all look the same, and how to fix yours

  Every AI-built site converges on the same look because every model was trained on the same average web and reaches for the same component defaults. Here are the 2026 tells, why they happen, and the escape path.

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