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WORTH TESTING · 19 OCTOBER 2026

Stripe's Head of Design on 'Zombie UI'

Katie Dill's talk at the Lenny & Friends Summit explains why AI-made interfaces look the same: AI gives you the most average design, polish tempts you to ship too early, and nobody owns it afterwards. Verdict: a sharp idea to share, not a tutorial. No tools or prompts, beginner level, no coding. It only has three real things to test, so it isn't padded to ten.

Try this

  1. Check your AI-built site against your industry: her example is a Korean BBQ restaurant that looks like a software dashboard. 00:19
  2. Judge AI designs past the polish: does the page solve the visitor's problem and stand out? 01:10
  3. Before approving anything AI-generated, name who will own and maintain it. 01:40

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