Andy Madrick - Why AI changed design handoff forever

About this episode

Andy Madrick discusses how AI is transforming design workflows and the role of designers in 2026.

⭐️ Check out Andy’s course - Craft at Speed https://join.dive.club/maven-aff-andy-madrick Use code DIVECLUB for 15% off Andy Madrick ( https://x.com/andymadrick ) is rethinking what it means to be a designer in 2026. While at Notion, he’s developed a workflow where he prototypes directly in code, ships frontend PRs, and uses AI tools like Cursor to own the final polish of user interfaces. In this episode we get a look into how he keeps all these things in motion and still designs with insane attention to detail. Some highlights: Building one of Notion’s most visible UIs Why recreating interactions teaches you craft Owning the last 5-20% of frontend polish work The “jelly bean factory” problem with AI output When to start in Figma vs. jumping straight to code How Andy creates prototypes that content teams can edit a lot more

People in this episode

Host: Ridd

Guest: Andy Madrick

Topics covered

• AI in design
• frontend development
• prototyping
• user interface design
• design workflows

Keywords

• AI
• design handoff
• frontend PRs
• prototyping
• user interfaces

Sponsors

Craft at Speed

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Notion

Products: Craft at Speed

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