# Stain the Page: How I Prototype with AI

DevFeed: [Stain the Page: How I Prototype with AI](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/stain-the-page-how-i-prototype-with-ai-30782.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://engineering.squarespace.com/blog/2026/stain-the-page-how-i-prototype-with-ai>)

Author: Hannah Tipperman

Published: 2026-07-24T16:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Squarespace](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/squarespace.md>), [Squarespace Engineering Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/squarespace-engineering-blog.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [User Experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/user-experience.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [prototype](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/prototype.md>), [prototyping](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/prototyping.md>), [time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/time.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that AI-assisted prototyping can quickly turn ideas into rough proof-of-concept builds, allowing engineers to focus their cognitive energy on architecture, user experience, and creative decisions instead of boilerplate and low-level implementation details.

## Source excerpt

AI is incredible for rapid idea and hypothesis testing by prototyping. It isn't about writing code -- it's about protecting your most valuable resource: cognitive energy. As engineers, we often face the overwhelming task of determining the look, feel, and architecture of an idea through hundreds of tiny decisions. By the time we get to the novel part of the problem we're trying to solve, our brains are tired. We can burn out before we even truly begin. To solve this, we can steal a trick from artists and writers.