About this episode

Leon van Zyl shares his workflow for building professional websites using AI tools without coding skills.

I sit down with Leon van Zyl, who ran a web design company for 10 years and now teaches over 700 people how to build real applications with coding agents. We walk through his exact workflow for building professional, client-ready websites using Google Stitch for the design system and Claude Code for the build — no coding skills required. Leon shows the difference between a one-shot AI-generated site and what you get when you front-load the design system before touching code. By the end, you'll have a repeatable workflow for going from design concept to finished website — including custom AI images that match your brand.Links Mentioned:Google Stitch: https://stitch.withgoogle.comClaude Code: https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-codeCursor: https://www.cursor.comNext.js: https://nextjs.orgStitch MCP Server Docs: https://stitch.withgoogle.com/docs/mcpStitch Skills: https://stitch.withgoogle.com/docs/skillsTimestamps00:00 – Intro00:06 – What you'll learn: design systems for client-ready websites02:04 – Jumping into the screen share02:25 – The problem: one-shot AI websites look terrible03:52 – The Stitch workflow result: side-by-side comparison07:32 – Starting from a vanilla…

People in this episode

Host: Corey Ganim

Guest: Leon van Zyl

Topics covered

• web design
• AI tools
• coding agents
• design systems
• website development

Keywords

• web design
• AI-generated websites
• Google Stitch
• Claude Code
• design systems

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google Stitch, Claude Code, Cursor, Next.js, Stitch MCP Server Docs, Stitch Skills

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