All My Clients Wanted a Carousel, Now It's an AI Chatbot — Web Design Critique Hits 89 Points on HN
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Web designer Adele argues that AI chatbots have become the new carousel — the feature every client demands regardless of whether it fits their use case. The post draws a direct parallel between the carousel fad of the 2010s and today's AI chatbot requests, noting that both share the same pattern: clients want them because competitors have them, not because users need them. The 38-comment HN discussion features practitioners sharing their own experiences pushing back against chatbot-for-everything thinking.