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Re: Show HN: Performative-UI – A react component library of design tropes

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Post by yosef123 » Mon, Jun 08, 2026, 3:26 PM UTC

This needs an additional subscriptions service tier, that's even more performative and even more AI

Re: Show HN: Performative-UI – A react component library of design tropes

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Post by cmrdporcupine » Mon, Jun 08, 2026, 3:30 PM UTC

NGL I'm going to steal/borrow/leach all sorts of these for my product.

When in Rome!

Re: Show HN: Performative-UI – A react component library of design tropes

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Post by sph » Mon, Jun 08, 2026, 3:31 PM UTC

padolsey wrote: post #15

The most extreme virtue-signal is to go completely browser-default and have no styling whatsoever. Like lowercasing because your pinky can't be arsed to reach for the shift-key even though you've a billion dollars in series A.

Ah yes, the jeevacation special

Re: Show HN: Performative-UI – A react component library of design tropes

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Post by kardianos » Mon, Jun 08, 2026, 3:32 PM UTC

Savage and accurate. 100%.

Re: Show HN: Performative-UI – A react component library of design tropes

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Post by marknutter » Mon, Jun 08, 2026, 3:32 PM UTC

Yawn. This is just bootstrap all over again. So what if people who don't have design skills can now create pleasant looking websites?

Re: Show HN: Performative-UI – A react component library of design tropes

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Post by NuclearPM » Mon, Jun 08, 2026, 3:34 PM UTC

Boxxed wrote: post #16

tfitz237 wrote: post #3

These all look very professional for (basically) a parody library

...which might just show how predictable and similar all janky startup pages are.

Janky?

Re: Show HN: Performative-UI – A react component library of design tropes

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Post by sbarre » Mon, Jun 08, 2026, 3:34 PM UTC

staminade wrote: post #13

Very funny. Although ironic that this whole library was built with AI.

Ironic, or appropriate?

Re: Show HN: Performative-UI – A react component library of design tropes

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Post by csomar » Mon, Jun 08, 2026, 3:37 PM UTC

tfitz237 wrote: post #3

These all look very professional for (basically) a parody library

What are the odds some companies end up using it for a real product?

Re: Show HN: Performative-UI – A react component library of design tropes

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Post by avaer » Mon, Jun 08, 2026, 3:37 PM UTC

I've worked on several projects where people looked at the site, which was simple and straight to the point, and people would straight up tell me they didn't take it seriously because it didn't have these performative UI things on it.

It's like when a Youtuber's audience complains about how they're constantly asking you to subscribe. The reason it happens is because the statistics say it works.

Re: Show HN: Performative-UI – A react component library of design tropes

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Post by sph » Mon, Jun 08, 2026, 3:38 PM UTC

MisterKent wrote: post #5

Now I can produce slop without AI.

Why would you do that, when you can make shit nobody needs 10x faster with AI