I wonder if it's primarily that developers are too lazy to design anything? I remember low-quality developers relying on Bootstrap and not making a modicum of effort to design a website.
Of course, if you're that lazy, you're going to surround yourself and industry with AI-generated websites and UI, and you're going to recognize it, so...
I'm setting up my new blog right now. I'm thinkin of having a toggle to "hide" ai generated content from my main list of writing, and labeling (and a disclaimer at the toop of each ai-generated post a message).
Not trying to self-promote, but honsetly trying to leverage AI when appropriate, and to also not take away from my hand-written articles that are typically my thoughts and opinions....
Very cool. I also like making websites with Hugo, and I have thought a lot about different theme vendoring methods, and how to retain ease of updating and testing your theme.