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shoemakerevan commented on Launch HN: Magic Patterns (YC W23) – AI Design and Prototyping for Product Teams    · Posted by u/alexdanilowicz
shoemakerevan · 8 months ago
This is super cool—love how you’re flipping the AI-assisted creation story to focus on design-first workflows. The frontend-only scope is such a smart constraint, especially for PMs and non-designers trying to validate ideas fast without diving into fullstack territory.

I’ve seen firsthand how hard it can be for non-designers to clearly communicate product ideas, and Magic Patterns seems to lower that barrier in a really meaningful way.

I noticed the GitHub Sync option—curious how teams are using that today. Is it more of a dev handoff (e.g. PR previews) or a starting point for custom builds? Would love to hear how that fits into engineering workflows—especially for folks skipping Figma entirely.

Also really appreciate the collaborative angle. Real-time team prototyping on a canvas feels like the future of internal product reviews.

Rooting for you both—this is such a focused and thoughtful approach to a real gap in the market.

u/shoemakerevan

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