Guardians of the AI, ep.3: Faster Than Light: Prototyping Without Losing Direction

Rocket never builds just one gadget. He’s always tinkering, stacking new parts on old ones, and testing whether this version explodes less (or more). It looks like chaos, but sometimes it’s exactly what saves the day.

That energy shows up in vibe coding too. You can spin out prototypes in minutes: five versions of a screen, three takes on a flow, ten ways to arrange a layout. It feels fast, powerful, maybe even unstoppable. But speed without direction is just drifting in space.

Here’s how to keep prototyping fast but meaningful:

🚀 Use AI to explore a wide range of options, not to finalize decisions.

🧭 Keep every prototype anchored to user needs, not just floating around as “cool variations.”

🔄 Reinforce feedback loops. Treat quick drafts as the start of testing, not the finish line.

Moving faster only helps if it creates clarity. In design, the real win is using AI to free up time for validation and refinement, not to skip those steps.

The Guardians don’t win because Rocket makes endless weapons. They win because they have a plan. Sometimes it is 12% of a plan, but at least it answers the hard question: does this actually help save the galaxy? Your prototypes should answer the same. Read this on LinkedIn