Epstein: Ubiquity Strips AI Design Tropes of Originality and Impact
Aaron Epstein · Common Mistakes With Vibe Coded Websites · Y Combinator · Mar 6, 2026 · at 2:01
Aaron Epstein, YC Partner, explains why popular AI-generated design trends like purple gradients become ineffective once overused.
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“It's not purple gradients are bad. Nobody should ever use them. It's that now they're just so ubiquitous everywhere that they kind of lose all meaning and specialness and originality.”
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