I Generated 10 Website Mockups in 30 Minutes

I needed design direction for my resume site. Instead of opening Figma, I opened a terminal and started generating images.

The workflow: Describe the aesthetic I want → AI generates 2K mockup → Review → Iterate or move on. No sketching. No wireframing. Just words to pixels.

Round 1: Magazine editorial. "Tight, clean layout like Wired/Monocle." Generated three variations. All looked professional. All looked... expected. I'd seen these designs before.

Round 2: Let's get weird. "Fallout game aesthetic. Vault-Tec retro-futurism. Mustard yellow, teal, rust orange." The result looked like a pip-boy interface crossed with a resume. Completely inappropriate. Completely memorable.

Round 3: "Star Trek TNG LCARS interface. Gold and rust panels." Looked like a starship database entry for a software engineer. Ridiculous. Perfect.

Round 4: "WW2 propaganda poster style. Navy, cream, bold red. Strong geometric shapes." Looked like it wanted me to buy war bonds while reviewing my work history.

Each generation took ~2 minutes. Each one taught me something about what I actually wanted. The safe options were forgettable. The weird ones showed me my own preferences more clearly than I could articulate.

I attached all ten to Trello cards. Now I have a design deck that took 30 minutes and $0. The future of design isn't replacing designers—it's accelerating exploration so fast that "what if?" becomes "what's next?"

Next: Why I'm seriously considering a Vault-Tec themed resume and what that says about my career choices.