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Re:Show HN: Performative-UI – a react component library of d... by reactordev on Monday June 08, 2026 @01:58PM (#48448751)
Why? They are silly gimmicks. You can easily prompt this.

Claude: “In react, make a full screen component that renders pixel squares that fade in and accumulate over a page component, taken as a target prop.”

Stupid crap like that. What’s cool is for those fullscreen tutorials or app walkthroughs, this works REALLY well to highlight the box on screen.

Re:Show HN: Performative-UI – a react component library of d... by apsurd on Monday June 08, 2026 @06:31PM (#48453269)
or they can just prompt you for help.
Re:Show HN: Performative-UI – a react component library of d... by reassess_blind on Monday June 08, 2026 @08:17PM (#48454383)
The death of development, ladies and gentlemen.
Re:Show HN: Performative-UI – a react component library of d... by reactordev on Monday June 08, 2026 @08:44PM (#48454603)
don't be so gloom. code that's more difficult than a zero-shot is worthy of sharing.