The same briefing corpus as UCD Coach, rearward. This is not today's five restaged. Open a briefing when it matches the gate you are in.
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Hype check: Adoption
AI tools still won't replace your process — yet
Long-running independent research on AI design tools says they went from "not useful" in 2024 to "marginally better" by 2025, but real workflows aren't fundamentally changed. The takeaway: fundamentals still matter more than tool fluency.
nngroup.com ·
Hype check: Adoption
Figma Make: prototyping hype meets reality check
Figma's AI-powered "Make" tool turns a Figma file into a live prototype using Claude, announced at Config. A year on, independent monitoring says the boost is real but modest, not revolutionary.
figma.com ·
Pair with UCD Coach
Coach is the forward habit — today's five, every morning. Surf is the rearward workbench on the same briefing corpus. Today's five is not restaged here.