Hi, I’ve been using bricks for some years at this point and 2.1 makes it even more of my go-to tool for websites. I have the Ultimate Lifetime package and I hope you guys continue on the road you’re on, making the tool more actually useful with every iteration.
I’m very grateful for you not using gen AI in this product. I’m mainly posting this because feedback shouldn’t only be provided when you’re upset (you should could congratulate folks on their successes as well). I love creating things from websites to music to drawings to websites to entire video games and I’m extremely sick of the proliferation of this tech and the damage it’s caused. And while using Bricks today I thought about how you guys have never shoved AI down my throat- it’s not even on your roadmap and I’m so glad to see that.
All the tools I’ve used with AI (because yes, I’ve given them a try of course) are really useless anyways and every single time I use them and they do nothing useful I’m just reminded how this tech is only used these days to basically fool people. And the times it’s not used to fool people it’s used to cut costs by not hiring creatives, or to offload thinking and tasks. And it’s frustrating when programs use AI just because everyone else is using it, and spend all this time developing the most nothing feature that’s only ever used by people who won’t do anything with their product. Affine, Spotify DJ, Gemini/Copilot-- always useless.
Of course AI as a general thing is something I don’t hate and if you implement AI that’s actually useful tech beyond the flashy nonsnse then cool Things like FL Studio’s ability to master with AI, Immich’s machine learning search, stuff like that-- that’s neat.
But overall, I just want to be very vocal about how happy I am that you are not using AI, so when the AI bros come knocking with their lame excuses like the comparison to a camera vs painting, the “either get onboard or get left behind” crap, or “it’s just busywork” arguments… you at least know someone is very happy (many folks, for sure) that you’re spending your time making actual features like components and API queries and actually make creators lives easier.
well said and I couldn’t agree more. It is nice and refreshing to use a platform that is featured rich and a pleasure to use with the added AI slop. AI might have it’s place, but I agree it doesn’t need to be within Bricks.
Yeah exactly!! I always use the saying “if you want to be heard, speak up”. I hope this feedback let’s the team know that I genuinely don’t feel like this will be a good addition to the application. Components was a game changer. Querying APIs was a game changer. But IMO this is just a red herring that the audience of people who use bricks (web developers) won’t get much out of.
But like I said in my OP, I’m welcome to them adding something genuinely useful with AI. But often anything that’s “generated” is not that.
Welp, it’s in progress now with 2.3 released. I at least hope it’s actually useful to actual developers. I would’ve loved some type of feedback. Like c’mon I have a lifetime agency plan I think that rewards some level of a response.
We hear you on the AI fatigue. A lot of what’s out there right now feels like it’s been added just to check a box, without actually improving real workflows. That’s exactly why we held off on introducing anything early.
Our approach hasn’t changed: Bricks is, and will remain, a builder first. Performance, reliability, and giving you full control over what you create are still the foundation.
When we talk about exploring AI, we’re not looking at replacing the creative process or “automating everything.” It’s much closer to what you described as the useful side of AI — helping with repetitive tasks, speeding up certain steps, or fitting into workflows that people are already using today.
That’s also why everything we’re looking into is additive and optional. If it doesn’t provide real value in production, it doesn’t belong in the builder.
We’ve recently started a public discussion around this on Facebook to better understand how people are actually using AI in their workflows, and where it genuinely helps (and where it doesn’t). Feedback like yours is exactly what helps shape that direction.
Things like FL Studio’s ability to master with AI, Immich’s machine learning search, stuff like that-- that’s neat.
