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

Post by theturtletalks » Mon, Jun 08, 2026, 4:31 PM UTC

zevyoura wrote: post #55

theturtletalks wrote: post #50

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It really comes down to first impression. Your website design is your company’s first impression. If the design is clean, people will believe the product is clean and robust as well. Similar to how people think things that cost more and probably high quality and better overall. As for this website, the best component is the ASCII animation in the hero and you can’t even copy that component. In fact, that nice ASCII h…

It's there: https://vorpus.github.io/performativeUI/#/components/ascii-h...

Post by aaronharding » Mon, Jun 08, 2026, 4:40 PM UTC

theturtletalks wrote: post #50

avaer wrote: post #29

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.

It really comes down to first impression. Your website design is your company’s first impression. If the design is clean, people will believe the product is clean and robust as well. Similar to how people think things that cost more and probably high quality and better overall. As for this website, the best component is the ASCII animation in the hero and you can’t even copy that component. In fact, that nice ASCII h…

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jun 08, 2026, 4:43 PM UTC

Post by davedx » Mon, Jun 08, 2026, 4:49 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.

Post by maxweylandt » Mon, Jun 08, 2026, 4:54 PM UTC

dayjah wrote: post #58

wavemode wrote: post #43

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I don't think the commentary being made here is that startup websites should not be flashy. Just that, maybe they don't all need to look exactly the same as each other.

I think homogeneity is an unavoidable end game for the internet (unfortunately). At work we’ve been discussing whether to migrate off our home grown component library to Material UI. I shudder at the thought, personally. However, a compelling reason to use a ubiquitous framework is that the ubiquity means folks intuitively know how to interact with your product. Like many of us I was born into a deeply customizable I…