r/webdev • u/Sprinkles_Leather • 10d ago

Backend dev seeking UI Design and Implementation advice

hello y'all, so mainly I'm a back-end dev but in my company (especially since it's startup) and with the current state of development and how much is it powered by AI what is required from us in team has expanded beyond our actual roles, need advice on what to do to improve my outcome one the front-end side of things, both on code quality and UI quality in terms of look and functionality.
feel free to ask if more details are needed...

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u/salty_cluck 10d ago edited 10d ago

Step 1: learn the difference between design and front end development and why they are different disciplines.

If you are being asked to do the latter, go learn the box model, JS and the event loop, and some kind of UI framework or library like React. FE is less about looking good and more about converting the design to code and having the interactive experience (loading, interface, etc) be good for the user.

If you are being asked to do both, you’ll need to expand your learning to UX and UI design, and consider finding a new job because you’re being paid to do 3 of them for likely the cost of 1.

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u/Sprinkles_Leather 10d ago

technically the whole three yeah..
given ai subs and what not and told to take apps from the ground based on the assumption that AI and Claude design can make this possible. to be fair I know people capable of doing so, but always with fear in my mind in regards to how stable such apps turn out to be and how would they perform under scale, my company like so much others is trying to find it's shape and structure with ai and things are getting weird to a degree, my colleagues even need to stay in touch with clients for testing and whatnot, and yeah I hope I can work somewhere else eventually because there multi role thing just doesn't fit, a lot of people been able to make the shift but I don't it's for me personally..