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Re:Show HN: Nue – Apps lighter than a React button by cbm-vic-20 on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @07:26AM (#43545473)
I've seen this happen many times:

Dev: Hey, I added that screen you asked for- take a look and tell me what you think- any layout changes, wording, etc.

PM: Looks great! Okay, the next thing is...

Dev: Hold on! I need to go back and clean up some of the code I put in there to test a few ideas, and there's a loop in there that has some side effects if some if the timing is off.

PM: This looks fine. Let's move on to the next thing..

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Re:Show HN: Nue – Apps lighter than a React button by tonyedgecombe on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @08:04AM (#43545740)
Isn't this one of the main selling points of apps like Balsamiq, you can present something that looks sketch like rather than a completed page.

https://balsamiq.com/product/

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Re:Show HN: Nue – Apps lighter than a React button by pmontra on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @08:29AM (#43545960)
When starting from scratch: yes. When maintaining a mature application: no, because then you need to keep in sync the app and balsamiq and there is neither the time nor the will for that. And the money.
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Re:Show HN: Nue – Apps lighter than a React button by edoceo on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @09:46AM (#43546729)
I'm still designing on paper with crayons (not a joke)
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Re:Show HN: Nue – Apps lighter than a React button by worthless-trash on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @11:34AM (#43557862)
I design with pencils, but I thought crayons would give the PM something to chew on when there is technical discussion.

Are your designs huge ?

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Re:Show HN: Nue – Apps lighter than a React button by edoceo on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @12:12PM (#43558280)
One screen per paper I print with special guides. So, I've got various resolution represented. The I just take pictures of the drawings, load them into this webtool and connect them together.

Like a super low budget Balsamiq

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Re:Show HN: Nue – Apps lighter than a React button by worthless-trash on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @01:14PM (#43558946)
I'm kinda digging the idea.
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Re:Show HN: Nue – Apps lighter than a React button by edoceo on Wednesday April 02, 2025 @01:53PM (#43559340)
Maybe I'll show HN, it's one of those ideas I have that just feels "too dumb" to be useful outside of my universe.
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Re:Show HN: Nue – Apps lighter than a React button by mattgreenrocks on Tuesday April 01, 2025 @10:14AM (#43547040)
If the PM is like that, the dev should eventually learn not to speak up until they're ready to move on to the next thing. To be clear, the PM should listen to the dev.

But the system persists because both people are complicit.

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