Design without code is not a great design; it’s airy, never been proven, just there, who knows what it could mean.
Design is important, whether you do it with AI or on your own; there is value in that work, and it is largely unhidden.
If it fails, everyone knows it was a bad design.
If it works, no one ever mentions it again.
Some of the best code I ever wrote was a simple design to send out invoices every day to customers to get our money. It ran for years without ever needing someone to coddle it or interact with it. It was small, contained and did what it did – it was a good design.
There is still a need for good design, even in our current cycle; it can’t be ignored.
Don’t fall into the trap of throwing work against the wall in the hope that it sticks… eventually it falls.