"If you make a habit of opening LinkedIn just to check what is happening, you'll get the impression that everyone is now vibe coding their way through everything. No one uses Figma anymore, and if you're still creating components or designs from scratch in this day and age, what are you even doing. But there's another side to this. I would argue that it's actually the best time to be a UX designer,"
"if you know how to leverage the skills you already have with what is now possible with AI. So instead of panicking about being behind, take a step back to remember what makes a UX designer good at their job. Don't believe everything you read Hopefully by now, we take everything we see on social media with a pinch of salt."
"If you look beneath the surface, things are not exactly as they are represented in our carefully curated online profiles, a fact that we know by now yet somehow we still can't help but fall under the spell. I was recently reading the 2025 annual design system report from zeroheight, and it showed that just over half of the respondents do not currently use AI in their design systems."
LinkedIn often presents a narrative that everyone is 'vibe coding', that Figma is obsolete, and that designers who build components from scratch are out of date. Significant opportunity exists for UX designers who blend core user-research, interaction-design, and prototyping skills with AI tools to increase productivity and impact. Rather than panicking about tool trends, designers should reaffirm foundational UX abilities and learn targeted AI workflows. Social media amplifies curated impressions that do not reflect typical practice. The 2025 zeroheight annual design system report shows just over half of respondents do not currently use AI in their design systems, indicating uneven adoption.
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