Developer builds open-source tool to stop AI coding assistants defaulting to generic designs

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A solo developer created an open-source tool called Tastemaker after noticing that AI-generated websites consistently defaulted to the same indigo gradients, fonts, and card layouts. The free tool works as a skill folder for AI coding assistants like Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf, locking in a defined design system — including color palettes, font pairings, illustrations, logos, and animations — before any code is written. The developer chose five curated color presets but discovered during WCAG contrast testing that two initially failed readability standards, prompting corrections before release. Tastemaker requires no API keys or account setup and is available on GitHub under the MIT license. The project argues that any deliberate design direction, once written down and tested, produces more distinctive and accessible results than leaving an AI model to improvise.

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