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Why Reddit built its own AI prototyping tool | Blair Metcalf

aired Oct 26, 2026 · 29.0m
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Summary

The distance between design and product is wide. And so we made a harness that uses our design system and all of our components, UX patterns, and it keeps all the designers and product managers on rails.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of like, it's, yeah, including: And if we made everyone a builder, they could vibe code new features and products easily.

Key takeaways
  1. 01And if we made everyone a builder, they could vibe code new features and products easily
  2. 02But if designers are mocking everything in Figma and they show that to leadership, leadership is going to look at that and be like, this isn't relevant to me
  3. 03So if you make one of these real world prototypes with real data, they'll put it through the paces of like some new feature
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