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A usable service taking advantage of this is still a long way off, but we don't get there unless people do the legwork.

One thing that could be usable more quickly would involve simplifying the problem space a bit. For example, the airbnb example using symbols could translate to, say, react components. If the grid system is well designed and you have a mature library of components, one could easily come up with interfaces that would generate react code, and ideally work well enough to serve as a starting point for the engineer to take over and turn it into a working app.

A system like this also need not be used in production-ready apps - I can envision a scenario where PM and designer can quickly sketch out and test ideas with working interfaces, without direct engineer involvement. That in and of itself would change front-end development significantly as the article claims.