The real friction was polish versus control.
Ronni described the core tension clearly: Claude Design could produce something that
looked strong quickly, but the tool’s defaults did not always match the accessibility
behaviors, keyboard expectations, interaction logic, or UDL standards she wanted.
That is the part worth studying. AI can reduce the cost of production, but it can
also hide design decisions inside defaults. The more polished the first output looks,
the easier it becomes to accept the tool’s choices as if they were the design.
AI gives you
Speed, polish, layout, and momentum.
versus
Design still needs
Judgment, accessibility, scope, and practice logic.
Ronni did not treat the AI output as final. She pushed back. She overrode defaults.
She protected accessibility when it would have been easier to let clean visuals win.