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I want to render cool visualizations of building and office floorplans...any idea what a good workflow or resource would be?
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@Alexander Paschka A clean modern workflow would look like this in practice. You ingest raster → convert to editable layout → optionally generate a lightweight 3D model → then run style passes. The key insight is that style prompting works best after geometry is fixed, not before. This is why your current Nano Banana approach sometimes “drifts” or invents spaces. If you still want to stay in the pure image-to-image world, then treat prompting like a controlled system rather than trial and error. The most effective structure people are using right now is something like: “render this architectural floor plan preserving layout, [view type like axonometric or top-down], [style], [lighting], [material hints], [scale cues], negative prompts for distortion.” That kind of structured prompting came out of recent workflows with tools like Gemini and similar systems, where prompt composition directly impacts spatial fidelity. One more idea that tends to separate “cool visuals” from “serious outputs” is mixing pipelines. Some designers generate a clean 3D or axonometric base render first, then pass that into an image model for stylistic enhancement. That hybrid approach avoids the common AI failure of broken geometry while still getting expressive visuals.
2nd update: WEBSITE HERO DESIGN DONE!
This was such a challenge. I had a idea for a hero landing page design but it was not coming together as I hoped. It got to the point where i was using GEMINI, CLAUDE and CODEX to "just get something close it". Alot of back and forth prompting, folder structure fell apart the first time. I just had to keep engineering it. Tried it forward and reverse engineering it. I was patient but very persistent. I COULD HAVE BEEEN BETTER ORGANIZING AND STRUCTURING MY FOLDERS. It seemed like there was no hope. It seemed no matter how good i got them, the design was just odd, not as direct and very confusing. WHAT DID THIS DO....? ACTUALLY, it inspired me to create my own tools and workflow systems so my designs can manifest exactly how i please and i can have more control of the details. Something ill be speaking and following @Ari Evergreen and @David Vogel about. And of course more videos from @Jake Van Clief. I went into gemini and created parts of the design and had it add controls for it so i can get it looking how i wanted, then took the code and added them to my files or my prompt. This seemed to really advance the design forward. i need to find a better way to update the files. This design was not easy! I want to thank @Shirsho Guha @Marcos Accioly and all others for the feedback on the my other post for my first website. You can see the old version and 1st post about it here: https://www.skool.com/quantum-quill-lyceum-1116/project-2-personal-website-sheesh?p=8319ce31 Definitely learned alot and look forward to adjusting for better workflow and designs. V5 with HERO DESIGN https://www.koachkev.io/
2nd update: WEBSITE HERO DESIGN DONE!
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This is a great example of pushing through the messy middle. You didn’t just settle, you built a better process out of it. The shift toward creating your own tools and controls is huge. Excited to see how your workflow evolves from here.
Pitching a 4-Day-to-1-Hour Automation to our Global Head of AI
I just landed a meeting that feels both terrifying and incredibly exciting. Tomorrow, I’m sitting down with the Head of AI and Implementation for the entire global group I work for—a corporation with 14,000 employees across 72 countries. The Backstory If you’ve followed my previous posts, you know I’ve been fighting "manual hell" in our D365 F&O system using Claude Code and Playwright. Since those posts, I’ve evolved the concept. It’s no longer just a one-off script; it’s a scalable framework that can handle almost any repetitive task in D365. The Bold Email Yesterday, I took a chance and sent a direct email to the Head of AI: "I was wondering if we will be able to use Claude Code in the near future? We have Copilot, but what about the rest? For me, this is about automating the boring, repetitive tasks in finance that a monkey could do." His response came today: "We are procuring Claude Code for developers now... Let’s have a short call. My calendar is open." The "Finance Guy" Advantage My boss, who has been with the company for 15 years, is skeptical. Her experience is that "high-level" AI projects rarely trickle down to the people doing the actual work. Corporate roadmaps are often too busy with the big picture to notice the daily grind. But that’s my edge. I’m not an AI specialist looking for a problem to solve. I’m a Finance Manager who is the problem. I have the domain insight they lack. I know exactly where the work hurts because I’m the one doing it. The central AI team has a roadmap to follow, but they aren't necessarily looking at the daily operations at the bottom of the ladder. The Goal: 4 Days down to 1 Hour The project I’m presenting tomorrow is a massive upgrade of my previous work. I’m aiming to take a task that currently takes 3 to 4 days of manual labor and cut it down to 1 hour. It’s 100x more precise than my first version, and because our processes are standardized, it’s scalable across all 72 countries. I’m heading into this meeting with the support of my boss and the time to make it happen.
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@Allan Durhuus This is exactly the kind of initiative companies need more of. You’re solving a real problem from firsthand experience, not theory, and that makes a huge difference. Cutting a multi day process down to an hour is hard to ignore, especially with that level of scalability. Go in confident, keep it focused on impact and practicality, and you’ll make it land. Good luck, this is a big moment.
Looking for design inspiration?
There are many of us coming from all professions other than web development. Yet most of us need a website. I for one am not a designer and I need help. Over time, I have create a list of design resources for inspiration. These can be particulary good at providing you llm a reference style so you can BREAKOUT of the Vibe Coded Slop. Here’s a curated list of the best design idea resources for visual inspiration in 2026. These are the go-to platforms used by professional designers, illustrators, and creatives for UI/UX, graphic design, branding, illustration, product design, fashion, architecture, and more. Top All-Around Visual Inspiration Platforms Rank Resource Best For Why It’s Great 1 Pinterest -- The ultimate visual discovery engine. Create boards, infinite scrolling inspiration 2 Behance (Adobe) -- High-quality curated projects from top global designers 3 Dribbble -- UI/UX, illustration, motion. Shot-based inspiration, very trend-forward 4 Awwwards -- Daily awards for the best websites and digital experiences 5 Designspiration -- Clean moodboarding. Minimal, beautiful interface focused purely on visual inspiration SPECIALIZED DESIGN INSPIRATION SITES SitesUI/UX & Digital Product Design - Mobbin – Best for real mobile & web app UI patterns (thousands of screenshots) - UI8 – High-quality UI kits + inspiration - Lapa.ninja – Beautiful landing page gallery - Pageflows – User flow & interaction inspiration - Refero.design – Real-world SaaS interface references - Screenlane – Daily curated mobile app designs Graphic Design & Illustration - Abduzeedo – Daily design & illustration articles + galleries - It’s Nice That – Creative projects across disciplines - Creative Bloq – News + inspiration roundups - Illustration Daily / The Illustration Room - MIMO (Made in Moon) – Beautiful curated design feed Branding & Logo Design - Logopond – Logo inspiration - Brand New (UnderConsideration) – Brand identity case studies - BP&O (Branding, Packaging & Opinion) – In-depth branding reviews
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I was asked about my process: I didn't hire 3 teams. I built an architecture :)
On April 10 I was trying to clean up my Instagram.Tighten the cover graphics. Build a repeatable system. Stop redesigning the same template every week. A one-afternoon job. What actually happened was the first real test of an architecture I had been sketching for writing work — and I tested it on design. I built a sandbox, gave it a governing file, separated references from working material, wrote one clean brief… and let it run. Fifty covers came back in minutes. Same palette. Same typography. Same visual language. None off-brand. That was the moment something shifted. Not because of the output — but because of what it proved: Once an architecture is clear enough, the question is no longer “what can I delegate?”It becomes “what is now worth building?” In 21 days, that small test turned into: - Three working teams (orchestrator, content, design) - Four books shipped or shippable - A new website - Two additional teams already scoped Same operator. Same hours in the day. For those who asked about mindset and process — this is the real answer: 1. I stopped thinking in prompts and started thinking in systems.The model is not the asset. The structure around it is. 2. I separated thinking from doing.The orchestrator doesn’t write. It reads, structures, briefs, and validates.The workers execute. They don’t improvise outside their lane. 3. Everything moves through briefs.No direct “do this” requests. Every handoff is:task → context → scope → acceptance → return checklist.That alone removed most iteration cycles. 4. Context is layered, not dumped.Reference material lives separately from working material.The model doesn’t have to “figure out what matters” — it’s already decided. 5. The human sits outside the system.Not inside prompting.Outside — validating outputs and deciding what ships. The clearest proof this wasn’t theory came from the hardest task I’ve ever tried to coordinate: Mapping TCM meridians, Thai Sen lines, and Anatomy Trains on the human body — in one consistent visual language.
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This is a sharp shift from using tools to building a system that actually compounds. The clarity around roles, briefs, and layered context is what makes it scale. It reads less like automation and more like infrastructure for thinking and execution. The part about the human sitting outside the system really stands out. That is where judgment stays intact while everything else accelerates.
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