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Re:Show HN: CSS Studio. Design by hand, code by agent on Thursday April 09, 2026 @08:02AM (#47702552)
Congrats on the launch.

Now put a giant, 30 second video of the product being used, directly below "Design by hand.Code by agent."

No one is clicking Get Started or Buy Now until they know what the product is, and a 30 second video is 100x better than any amount of text.

Re:Bootstrap 5.2 Is Out on Thursday August 18, 2022 @02:12PM (#32513012)
I know tailwind is the star these days, but as a back-end dev, nothing comes close to bootstrap in terms of productivity and aesthetics. I've used tailwind and I like it - I've even paid for tailwind UI - but for crud apps that don't require a lot of custom styling, bootstrap is still my default.

Anyone else still using and enjoying bootstrap for new projects?

Re:Happiness and the Art of Being (2012) on Thursday March 24, 2022 @04:16AM (#30787353)
Pleasantly surprised to see this on HN. In the minefield of the spiritual marketplace, where you can never be sure which teachers are authentic and which aren't, Michael James is worth a look. Sometimes a little dry and repetitive, but steadfast in his message and his adoration for his teacher.

Ask HN: Bootstrap Design Help for a Developer?

Posted by evancaine on Tuesday March 23, 2021 @06:04AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hi HN, what are your goto tools and resources when using bootstrap. Specifically, to make bootstrap look less like bootstrap. I'm working on a side project and as with all my side projects, I really struggle with the design.I've tried using pre-built templates and themes before but once I've finished modifying them to match my content, they don't look as good anymore. The thing that works...

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Re:Six cars aced new pedestrian detection tests on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @03:24AM (#21395306)
people suck or kids will be kids?
Re:Boards – A tool for collaboratively organizing notes on Saturday January 12, 2019 @03:25PM (#18893094)
One of my most successful side projects started as a todo list tutorial that just kept going. It (eventually) led to a new job
Re:Happy Birthday, Ruby on Thursday January 10, 2019 @10:02AM (#18874265)
> Ruby is the very least favorite of all the programming languages I've had to use regularly over my career. > Its syntax strongly favors cuteness over familiarity

How do you define regular? I use both Ruby and JS almost daily, and have previously used Java and python for several years. I find ruby a joy to use and have no issues with 'familiarity'

Re:Show HN: Virtual coworking space on Monday October 16, 2017 @07:01AM (#15482343)
Nice demo. Could you change the background photo when things are toggled?
Re:VPN Report – Reviews of the top VPNs on Thursday August 10, 2017 @12:39AM (#14976422)
This site seems to me an imitation of sitebuilderreport which was featured on indiehackers recently [1]. The design and copywriting are similar. OP, was your site inspired by sitebuilderreport or are you connected with that site?

[1] https://www.indiehackers.com/businesses/site-builder-report

Re:Show HN: Anonymous chat for the workplace on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @12:54PM (#13978281)
catchy name, and well done on getting .com, but if you search for "specret" in google, it autocorrects to "spectre" and shows results for the Bond movie.
Re:WhosHere's response to Brian Hamachek/Who's Near Me on Saturday June 02, 2012 @01:40AM (#4057164)
I find it interesting that the comments in this thread still largely support Brian Hamacheck even though the response from Who's Here - if accurate - demonstrates that his original blog post is little more than a one sided publicity piece designed to gain sympathy for him and. to villify. Who's Here

Ask HN: does design matter?

Posted by evancaine on Wednesday April 20, 2011 @03:11AM
from the ask-hn dept.

There are plenty of opinions to be found on google. Most of those who say design matters are designers themselves. Most of those who say it doesn't matter are people profiling other "ugly" sites (plentyoffish, craigslist etc)I think there's a difference between UX, UI and design (with large amounts of overlap). UX is the broad overall experience, UI is more specific as is concerned with how...

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Re:How to Hire a Great Web Designer, With Y Combinator's Garry Tan on Sunday March 27, 2011 @06:23PM (#2376267)
Is there any chance YC will make the directory publicly available?
Re:Exhange HN: Build my app and I'll design yours on Saturday March 26, 2011 @07:34AM (#2371858)
do you have a link to a portfolio?
Re:How a simple comment on Hacker News made me quit my job and launch ... on Friday March 18, 2011 @02:04PM (#2341283)
Your design looks great. You mentioned that getmefast did it and I had a look at their portfolio which isn't as strong in my opinion as your design and UI. Did you UI designer have to change what they came up with?
Re:Ask HN: Review my startup, Reservv.com (Appointment Scheduler & Rem... on Monday January 17, 2011 @05:27PM (#2113720)
> - This is clearly a MVP, i suggest to put some time/money in the site layout when the back-end will be complete.

Actually I really like the layout and design. It just needs a little polish but I'm sure that will happen over time as singer responds to feedback.

Re:Ask HN: examples of 'bare bones' designs/interfaces on Sunday January 16, 2011 @04:26PM (#2110278)
Just to be clear, I wasn't equating simple with easy.

Thanks for the tip re: swiss design. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Typographic_Style

Ask HN: examples of 'bare bones' designs/interfaces

Posted by evancaine on Sunday January 16, 2011 @10:43AM
from the ask-hn dept.

http://news.ycombinator.com/http://www.quora.com/http://www.facebook.com/http://www.delicious.com/http://www.yelp.com/http://*.google.com/All these sites have interfaces that are largely composed of text, borders and shaded backgrounds on a white canvas. There's a distinct lack of gradients, rounded corners, drop shadows, background images, fancy buttons and oversized text fields. They don't...

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Re:Y Combinator-like acceleration programme at Cambridge University (UK) on Tuesday January 04, 2011 @10:49AM (#2067335)
direct link to the website for the accelerator programme: http://springboard.com/

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