Thomas McMahon, longtime Weblogs.us blogger over at twistermc.com, recently documented his experience using Claude AI to build a brand new WordPress theme from scratch. His experience is worth a read: he covers the initial excitement of watching AI crank out a full theme in days, the reality of CSS specificity fights and broken mobile-first promises, and the eventual handoff back to human judgment to get things polished.
His takeaway resonates with what a lot of users are finding: AI is a serious accelerator for getting a project off the ground, but it still takes a knowledgeable human to land the plane. Check it out at twistermc.com/52431/creating-my-new-wordpress-theme-with-ai/