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"Building a Toolkit for Design" by Matthew Griffith

Matthew Griffith, creator of elm-ui, presents a toolkit for designing layouts in Elm as an alternative to CSS. He explains the opinionated approach to layout and styling.

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters recommend it as a fresh perspective on layout and styling in CSS discussions.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
elm-conf
Topic
elm-ui layout
Format
talk
Level
intermediate
HN recommenders in dataset
2
HN mentions in dataset
5
Recommendation years in dataset
2020–2022

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • Given my thoughts (and recent experience) was shaped by something like Elm-UI - see: [VIDEO] If you have the time to learn CSS, you have the time to learn anything else. ;)

    giantDinosaur on Hacker News · 2020-07
    In Why is CSS the way it is?
  • Not necessarily solved, and I assume you know about it, but for anyone reading this, elm-ui is definitely worth checking out for at least an exploration of an alternative to CSS. For a talk about this: [VIDEO]

    giantDinosaur on Hacker News · 2021-02
    In I don't want to do front-end anymore
  • For those who want a fresh perspective on CSS, layout and styling, check out this talk by Matthew Griffith - the creator of elm-ui [VIDEO]

    qolop on Hacker News · 2021-06
    In 25 Years of CSS

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