Stop Typing, Start Talking

One year ago I couldn't imagine designing without Figma. Now I can't imagine designing without my voice.

Last time I wrote about how AI changed my design process. How I barely open Figma anymore, and how work that used to take a week now takes 30 minutes. But it got even faster. Because I stopped typing.

Now I talk my way through everything. I open Claude Chat and just... think out loud. Sparring on an idea, figuring out what I'm actually trying to solve, what the real problem is. No structured prompt, no carefully formatted question. Just talking like I would to a colleague. A small transcription tool handles the rest, so I never have to touch the keyboard.

Then I switch to Claude Code and speak my prompts directly. Describe what I want to build, how it should feel, what edge cases I'm thinking about. The code appears. Something's off, I say what's off. It fixes it.

The mental shift is hard to explain until you try it. Typing makes you edit yourself before the thought is even finished. Speaking makes you think.

And here's the thing, you don't need to be a designer or a developer to work this way. If you have an idea, just throw it at AI and see what comes back. You'll be surprised how far a half-formed thought can get you. The barrier to building something real has never been lower.

Stop waiting until your idea is perfect. Start talking.

PS: this works great for me because I work remotely. If you're in an office, maybe ask your colleagues first, the last thing you want is to speed up your own workflow while slowing down everyone around you.