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Tells of a Slop UI

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  1. alin23 · · focus · HN ↗
    On the copywriting side, I added an instruction to always write the copy in a Markdown file and let me edit it before actually coding the UI. Miles better to edit 2-3 sentences at a time than look at an UI full of slop, dumbfounded on how to proceed.

    But on the styling, there&#x27;s just no good solution. I use things like <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;katagami.ai" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;katagami.ai to find inspiration and nudge it into a style direction but I still have to hand edit paddings and buttons and visual separation.

    For example copying the Sumi prompt [0] and applying it onto my keyboard app landing page [1] ended up with something visually pleasant and informative. I would have spent way too many days doing animations and deciding on the theme.

    But I still wish I could take an LLM and train it on my already human made websites and copy and get something that can follow a design language and writing style.

    [0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;katagami.ai&#x2F;art-styles&#x2F;en-019efd5c-2d50-7162-b204-31b79a15524a" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;katagami.ai&#x2F;art-styles&#x2F;en-019efd5c-2d50-7162-b204-31...

    [1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dev.lowtechguys.com&#x2F;redink&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;dev.lowtechguys.com&#x2F;redink&#x2F;

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