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A standards-first web framework

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174 points tipiirai | 2 comments | 16 Jan 25 08:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.425s | source
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flashgordon ◴[16 Jan 25 23:54 UTC] No.42732480[source]▶
I think this sounds exciting. As a backend eng (who prefers Htmx) and someone who totally struggles with css, reading your intro made me walk away feeling dumber than before. Again not expecting an ego boost or anything. Something that felt counter intuitive:

1. Lack of drawings hurt - I had no idea what zaha or rams meant. You had bold text which I thought were links but alas they were just bold text.

2. I actually appreciate math and still wasnt sure how I could use math in the new proposed framework (id kill for a constraint system that was similar to what iOS had).

3. +1 on the crazy level of complexity in today's frameworks (which is why I hate using nextjs etc) but perhaps some code samples (even if proof of concept would have helped) would have been helpful.

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1. tipiirai ◴[17 Jan 25 03:33 UTC] No.42733810[source]▶
I can answer these questions very clearly once the design systems are released. Now they are just listed with plain text to give you an idea what's coming.
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2. flashgordon ◴[17 Jan 25 18:35 UTC] No.42741725[source]▶
Hey sorry for the noob question. I wasnt actually sure what you meant by design systems - Is there actually a level of "understanding/expertise" one needs to have to just "get" it? For context even though I am not an FE eng, I have built apps and sites (using nextjs, tailwind, bootstrap, vanilla html, css, jquery, htmx - not all of them together). Again I am not an expert in CSS (i really suck at it) but il put together something that works.

So back to design systems, googling it I found - https://designsystemsrepo.com/design-systems-recent.

At a high level this looks like a set of templates and themes (but I think you were alluding to something more than just this?)