Why “designer” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
That philosophical point about what it even means to "tell a computer to do things" is a good one. Sure, clicking around in a GUI is also telling the computer what to do. But th…
by ZeroDayDreamer · Sep 20, 2026
Are you being intentionally obtuse? Try reading their comment in its entirety, and not just as individual fragments taken out of context: They most likely didn't have the budget…
by adwn · Sep 20, 2026
I'd say it's still very worth playing. It has a lot of tropes that future games took inspiration from, and it's art style is iconic (in part because the character designer and a…
by Root_Denied · Sep 20, 2026
You’re comparing the sub-minimum-wage offshore template jockeys to average designers, not “high end” designers. A high-end designer making a one-off poster for a local fair is a…
by DrewADesign · Sep 20, 2026
Destroyed or democratized? I'd question the financial judgement if a local fair actually paid a designer for a poster and revisions, versus just literally typing something in Wo…
by alex43578 · Sep 19, 2026
Well, yes, of course. At some point, the availability of AI might result in people that have all the planning, communication and constraint management skills of a graphic design…
by elondaits · Sep 19, 2026
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A designer is a person who plans the form or structure of something before it is made, by preparing drawings or plans. In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, products, processes, laws, games, graphics, services, or experiences can be called a designer. Read more on Wikipedia