Generating development assets: what makes sense to hand to AI, and what doesn't?
Essence
Besides the icon and illustrations, an app needs lots of small assets: interface icons, placeholders, demo data for previews and tests, animations, App Store creatives. AI helps almost everywhere, but not equally. The rule is simple: AI is great at generating what's replaceable and verifiable (mocks, variants, drafts) and poorly suited to what must be systematic and consistent (interface icons, the final UI in screenshots).
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