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Oat – Ultra-lightweight, zero dependency, semantic HTML, CSS, JS UI library

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Re: Oat – Ultra-lightweight, zero dependency, semantic HTML, CSS, JS UI library

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Post by koakuma-chan »

villgax wrote: post #37
koakuma-chan wrote: post #9

This is kind of misleading. It says it's an HTML UI library, then it says HTML + CSS, and then it says it also includes JavaScript. Why is this better than, say, DaisyUI?

I just want something that's as easy to use as DaisyUI or even Bulma with one good set of components & themeing(beyond just palletes, like rounding, blur, transparency etc) & I'm good. For all the self-hosting model afficianados surely needing a build platform to create a blackhole of npm modules & internet connectivity for even a single build surely negates the entire point of a coding LLM if we still force it to de…

You mean you want DaisyUI but with extended theming, like ability to make inputs, etc, rounded? This is also something I was considering.

Re: Oat – Ultra-lightweight, zero dependency, semantic HTML, CSS, JS UI library

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Post by kitd »

yoz-y wrote: post #12

Claims no classes but uses data- attributes and also classes (just look at the button example…) Looks okay, but I don’t see why to use this over something like Marx if all you need is to not have bare browser default styling.

The claim is "no classes for native elements". Ie you don't need classes just to create a button etc.

Re: Oat – Ultra-lightweight, zero dependency, semantic HTML, CSS, JS UI library

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Post by jonathanstrange »

sfdlkj3jk342a wrote: post #32
quadrifoliate wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know if you're demonstrating reductio ad absurdum, but maybe that's because they are genuine? As people in the thread have pointed out, the author as well as their company is pretty well-known in software circles. They have had multiple projects discussed on HN in the past[1]. 2000 stars is not a lot given that [2]. I fail to understand why a ton of breathless blog posts about the process of AI-assisted codin…

> I love it. We need to see more of this. > Use of semantic elements is an interesting take. I'll give it a try. > Thank you for this, can’t wait to use. Minimalism at its best. > Good one. Presentation is good too. Thanks These are the kind of comments you see from Indians paid to boost Youtube content.

They're probably just Indians using the framework saying "thanks." India has the largest population on Earth, they're close to 1.5 billion now. I think some people underestimate what that means.

Re: Oat – Ultra-lightweight, zero dependency, semantic HTML, CSS, JS UI library

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Post by codegeek »

scandinavian wrote: post #10

5 day old repo, 2000 stars on GitHub, 400 total weekly downloads on npm. Frontpage of hacker news with a bunch of weird comments. Moderation has been lacking recently.

You are jumping to conclusions. The author is the CTO of the largest online brokerage in India but more importantly, they have created many open source software of good quality. His website and blog are of great quality. Whether you think this library deserves more attention or not is your personal preference but it is far from spam. I havr no affiliation with them but like their work.

Re: Oat – Ultra-lightweight, zero dependency, semantic HTML, CSS, JS UI library

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Post by bityard »

codegeek wrote: post #46
scandinavian wrote: post #10

5 day old repo, 2000 stars on GitHub, 400 total weekly downloads on npm. Frontpage of hacker news with a bunch of weird comments. Moderation has been lacking recently.

You are jumping to conclusions. The author is the CTO of the largest online brokerage in India but more importantly, they have created many open source software of good quality. His website and blog are of great quality. Whether you think this library deserves more attention or not is your personal preference but it is far from spam. I havr no affiliation with them but like their work.

It's possible for both things to be true: this project is written by a developer well-known within India, AND this thread has a lot of bot (bought?) comments of praise in it.

Re: Oat – Ultra-lightweight, zero dependency, semantic HTML, CSS, JS UI library

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Post by n_e »

sfdlkj3jk342a wrote: post #32
quadrifoliate wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know if you're demonstrating reductio ad absurdum, but maybe that's because they are genuine? As people in the thread have pointed out, the author as well as their company is pretty well-known in software circles. They have had multiple projects discussed on HN in the past[1]. 2000 stars is not a lot given that [2]. I fail to understand why a ton of breathless blog posts about the process of AI-assisted codin…

> I love it. We need to see more of this. > Use of semantic elements is an interesting take. I'll give it a try. > Thank you for this, can’t wait to use. Minimalism at its best. > Good one. Presentation is good too. Thanks These are the kind of comments you see from Indians paid to boost Youtube content.

An explanation that would fit both the old accounts and the artificial comments would be that they were encouraged by the author to comment (which is against the HN rules).
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