Chris Hufnagel

Claude is always trying to add backwards compatibility.

Even when the app has no users yet.

This adds bloat. Make sure you keep your agents in line!

Wait... How did I miss this CSS popover?

<button popovertarget="hi">Hi</button>
<div popover id="hi">👋</div>

Spec driven development can get boring quick. When you get bored you get sloppy and the AI slop creeps in.

I decided to start taking a hybrid approach. The speed of vibe coding combined with the consistency of spec driven development.

Clear before you auto-compact.

HTML and CSS are the building blocks of the web.

Could you build a landing page using only vanilla HTML + CSS?

My internet is out… again.

I had a goal of shipping the landing page for my new app, this won’t stop me.

Nice try world.

Complexity does not equal value.

In fact, the opposite is often true.

The simpler something is, the more value it holds.

Cursor is a hog.

Use what works for you. That is the right tool for the job.

When YOU > 1

It gets more complicated.

A lot of tooling is made for teams at scale.

I have been stuck trying to force myself to use these team oriented stacks, but I am just me. Why add the complexity?

Some more creativity killers for me:

- Word count
- Scaling concerns
- Newsletter schedules
- Social bio optimization
- Personal brand strategy

You don't have to optimize everything.

Website UI. Post schedules. Content strategy. Best practices.

For the last decade these "shoulds" have been choking my creativity.

I'm done. Back to building for fun.

Do you ever go through the wayback machine looking at old versions of your site?

I found my all time favorite design I have ever created from back in 2018.

Algorithms are deciding what you’ll like before you’ve even had a chance to explore.

You said it well @justinjackson.ca

Honking.

Example float label.

I am bringing float labels back.

Try.
Error.
Tweak.
Try again.
On repeat.

Are you using the right tool or the tool you "want to use"?

Can these be both?