Show HN: I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with only the features I use

Re:Show HN: I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with o... by vecti on Friday February 06, 2026 @02:50PM (#46917301)

Thank you, and I know exactly what you mean. I myself have rewritten the entire engine ar least three times until I was happy with the performance and the overall outcome. It’s been a long learning experience. As a developer at heart, this project scratched every itch I had from a software engineering perspective :)

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Re:Show HN: I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with o... by uxcolumbo on Friday February 06, 2026 @03:32PM (#46917766)

You should write about this, the gotchas and what you learned how to make things performant. Might drive some traffic.

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Re:Show HN: I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with o... by alsetmusic on Saturday February 07, 2026 @01:08PM (#46926041)

Yes. This. I read a post-mortem about developing v2 of an app last month because getting insight into the thought process of the builder is super interesting (to me). It's probably not for most people, but it definitely has an audience.

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Re:Show HN: I spent 4 years building a UI design tool with o... by written-beyond on Friday February 06, 2026 @03:28PM (#46917721)

How much of this release was made easier with LLMs?

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