AI Can't Automate Design-to-Code, so Don't Quit Learning to Code Just Yet!

AI tools are getting impressively close to automating design-to-code workflows—but they’re not fully replacing developers anytime soon. Whilst they can generate clean, responsive, testable code from Figma in minutes, true automation still hits edge cases, exceptions, and responsiveness challenges. LLMs aren’t enough—you need structure, workflows, and developer oversight. The future is collaborative: AI does the grunt work; developers handle the real engineering. You’ll ship faster, but you’ll still need to know how to code.