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Michal Malewicz

Michal Malewicz⁠

→ I lead design https://squareblack.com → Breathwork events at https://calmwave.io → Teach at https://squareblackblueprint.com → Organize https://mybubble.fit

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90% of UX design is now automated.

This is the 10%. Treat it as an opportunity.

8 min readOct 23, 2026

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A sheet of many dashboard designs
All those ai generated dashboards, landing pages, everything looks the same…

90% of the design industry is either dead or dying. Nobody’s hiring, everyone’s firing by the thousands. Juniors and mids have absolutely zero chances on the open market.

And designers did it to themselves. I’ll tell you HOW we undermined ourselves, where we’re pivoting as an agency, and most of all where is that remaining 10%.

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design automation
Many parts of design were just waiting for automation.

Because yes, I figured it out. I figured out where designers fit into this new world with an actual benefit to businesses no AI can replace.

I’ll tell you the exact TWO paths to take, but first let’s talk about why.

But first I need to say it. I’m really angry about all the slop. Just take a look at these websites.

The same top navigation concept, the same pill shaped kicker, same second line of h1 highlight. Same light leak background decoration (6).

Same generic dashboard at the bottom (7).

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I have a 10 year old laptop running Linux and ONLY a writing app on it. No LLM's, no AI's. Just my thoughts on the industry, without filter.

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