But yes, designers trying to conform to a corporate look can spend hours on spacing etc. I suspect this isn't for them.
One example of something that feels off is the button styling on hover, dark backgrounds with black text doesn't work well aesthetically or for accessibility.
Having a more polished default set-up will be the cherry on top.
Edit: I think maybe the color on the tea cup is what is feeling a little off to me. Overall I love the logo, but I perhaps if the tea cup color was changed to be closer to the background color at the top?
To be honest I was kind of taken aback seeing this on HN because it was posted before I could do a show hn myself
I'm not a frontend dev nor a designer so it can be indeed apparent that I lack knowledge on color theory, accessibility concerns and other aspects that may seem obvious for other people. Probably hence the "artisanal" feel too.
I'll research more about the things you mentioned in the future. As for collaboration with a professional designer I'm open to receive advices, but I don't plan especially on hiring one as it's a side project. I don't think currently that professionals are the target audience for it, but I guess it'll definitely appeal more to hobbyist
Here's a possible all-CSS solution:
That said, I don't love the default design choices here -- colors and "polish." I'm not a professionally trained designer, but I've hand rolled enough software that users eventually complained about to sense when something "feels off" compared to what a really good designer creates with a background in color theory, information density, gradient shadings etc.
If the author is here, have you considered leveraging the aesthetics from other FOSS projects like bulma or tailwind, or collaborating with a professional designer? I know jgthms is sometimes on this site.