Three years ago, I started posting simple HTML, CSS, and JavaScript snippets on CodePen. Nothing fancy, just good old frontend work. The response surprised me. People actually liked it. That got me thinking again.
After that, I had started building something called Stack UI. It was meant to be a collection of freeform UI components. It picked up traction and got a lot of love from the developer community. I was planning to take it further with Tailwind and React components.
But life had other plans.
I won’t go into details, but things happened that forced me to pause everything. That pause slowly turned into abandoning the project completely. I shifted my focus to my job and dealt with things I did not really want to deal with. For a long time, it felt like I was just grinding my way out of a place I did not want to be in.
I would not say I am completely out of it yet. But I am in a better place now. A place where I can finally return to what I actually enjoy building. And that is User Interfaces.
At the same time, the software industry has changed a lot in the last three years. AI is everywhere. Tools can now generate full interfaces in seconds. With things like Claude Code and platforms like Lovable, building UI has become faster and more automated than ever.
And yet, something feels off.
I recently watched an interview of Carl Pei, the founder of Nothing, where he talked about Glyph interfaces and how they are trying to make technology feel fun again. That stuck with me.
Somewhere along the way, technology became too minimal, too clean, and honestly a bit boring. The uniqueness is fading. We saw this happen with cars. We saw it happen with houses. And now it is happening with web UI.
Everything looks the same.
UI libraries made development easier, but they also made interfaces predictable. Safe. Repetitive.
So I started thinking, what if we bring back personality?
That is when the idea clicked.
What if I build a UI library like Shadcn, but inspired by Glyph-style interfaces from Nothing Phone? Something that is expressive, a bit playful, and actually feels different.
Not just another component library.
A design language.
I think it is time to try something new.
I will try to post new updates daily so stay tuned.
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