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ASCII-Driven Development proposes using ASCII characters to prototype UI layouts before committing to high-fidelity designs. This approach forces focus on structure, hierarchy, and flow rather than aesthetics like colors and fonts. ASCII layouts can be generated and iterated quickly with LLMs through natural language, then fed to AI code generators (v0, Lovable, Bolt) to produce working implementations. The method decouples architecture from aesthetics, enables friction-free collaboration across teams (no design tool expertise required), and works in any text-based environment. Examples demonstrate enterprise dashboards, e-commerce pages, kanban boards, checkout flows, and mobile authentication screens rendered entirely in ASCII.