--- title: Why Design feels different | daily.dev description: Two designers at Microsoft discuss how AI tools and coding assistants are reshaping the design workflow. They explore using VS Code with GitHub Copilot and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-design-feels-different-jq7txljdk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why Design feels different | daily.dev og:description: Two designers at Microsoft discuss how AI tools and coding assistants are reshaping the design workflow. They explore using VS Code with GitHub Copilot and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-design-feels-different-jq7txljdk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Jq7TXlJdk.png og:image:alt: Why Design feels different og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why Design feels different **[Visual Studio Code](https://daily.dev/sources/vscode)** · 21 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Two designers at Microsoft discuss how AI tools and coding assistants are reshaping the design workflow. They explore using VS Code with GitHub Copilot and Claude for prototyping directly in code, the role of Figma as a sketching surface rather than a final deliverable, and how a 'Vibe Foundry' sandbox lets designers experiment with the actual design system codebase. 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