Designer-Developer Role Debate

Isn't it for Designers, rather than Developers?

Why would you expect a webdev to do a designer's job?

Hire a professional designer and spend your time programming. I personally don't think skill of "designing" can be learnt, it's something you already have, adjusting and refining all the way.

Stop hiring designers that can't code up what they design. Seriously.

Why don't more developers know how to design stuff if their focus is building web apps?

why is a designer different than a developer in any of these aspects?

Yeah, a developer cannot get "design".

Patio11- Design is not just about pretty colors and interface... its more about understanding the audience and their interaction before delving into creating the best user experience. Therefore, what you suggest could be a temporary quick fix that will not give you the results for a sustaining business.You can never expect a kickass programmer to also have the best design chops. They require different forms of thinking. So stop giving false advise to programmers on enlisting design skills and

You mean, you got real designers when what you really wanted were production art technicians? Sounds even worse than that: you got interaction designers when you might have been happy with visual designers.Most good designers don't have time to write code, but some bad/mediocre ones are ok at with it as they are less specialized. It's rare that designers would even have time to write code even if they could or wanted to; usually developers are blocked on them, not vice versa.<p

Resubmitted in response tohttp://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=204130 "What to do if you are a good developer but no designer?"