justalever

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   by justalever 8mo ago

   I hear you. I'd say the value prop is drop-in integration and customization with Rails, time-saving design (useful for 0-1 or early-stage ideas for non-design-savvy folks), and fewer headaches compared to adapting other components or t
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   by justalever 8mo ago

   I hear you and it's coming up next. I needed/wanted to lay ground work for stuff that's easier to tweak to match your own branding. Many Rails apps are similar in niche so I tried to compensate on that front.
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   by justalever 8mo ago

   Plenty of free options out there. Have at them! There's a completely free version of Rails UI as well. Linked right from the home page hero.
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   by justalever 8mo ago

   It's like $15 a month annualized. We add new themes and components quarterly. If that's too steep you're not the target customer. Thanks for chiming in.
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   by justalever 8mo ago

   Pretty much drop in for rails specific UI. Much of it is HTML which could definitely carry over to Django with a little work or one shot conversion with your favorite AI tool of choice.
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   by justalever 8mo ago

   I heard this from others so will do!
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   by justalever 8mo ago

   Dang, you're going way back! Thanks for chiming in. It has been a long road :)
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   by justalever 8mo ago

   What's a better play? Drop the carousel? Open to ideas!
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   by justalever 8mo ago

   Started this whole thing off thinking I'd use Bootstrap, Tailwind, and other frameworks but it quickly became way to complex. Tailwind won the battle.
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    by justalever 8mo ago

    Yeah pretty much didn't care about it for the sake of effect. That's a big no no I know. The website isn't really the focus as the goods in the ruby gem are more of the focus. Consider railsui.com a billboard if you will.
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    by justalever 8mo ago

    That's fair. Probably not a good fit for you then. I wanted to keep the human element alive where I could with this project and I know AI will likely take all our jobs, so be it. It's solving a need for me when it comes to buildin
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    by justalever 8mo ago

    Definitely aware. I built it to scratch my own itch to be honest. I'm going the non AI route with it. Lotta slop out there. I'm sure it will improve but I'm fine with this being a side gig.
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    by justalever 8mo ago

    I used AI sparingly actually. Mostly just some help for Ruby gem architecture and how to approach swapping themes on the fly otherwise all me. I'm a product designer by day so this stuff I do constantly.
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    by justalever 8mo ago

    Same here. This was human driven UI. I used AI sparingly for mostly architecture decisions on the gem. Otherwise all by hand. I'm a product designer by trade.
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    by justalever 8mo ago

    That's fair. I think there's a future where some folks won't want AI to generate all the things. I replied to another comment before but this was very little AI minus some architecture direction of the underlying ruby gem.
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    by justalever 8mo ago

    There's an open source Ruby gem you can use at will. https://github.com/getrailsui/railsui
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    by justalever 8mo ago

    Good feedback! This is a common misconception about themes. Rails UI is more of a hybrid as it offers UI components plus optional pages that build out a theme using those components. You can either take the pages and tweak them for your own
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    by justalever 8mo ago

    Thanks for chiming in! The login box is maybe confusing or maybe I'm misunderstanding you, it's actually UI for a login box, not actually where you login. I agree this area could be tightened up.
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    by justalever 8mo ago

    Oh damn, haha. Sorry if it cooks your machine.
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    by justalever 8mo ago

    Yes, it's on my radar to add more unique designs to the mix. Less typical, if that makes sense. For now, it's mostly a huge head start if you're building quickly. And yes, unused Tailwind CSS is automatically extracted when i
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    by justalever 8mo ago

    Thanks
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    by justalever 8mo ago

    Gotta love Safari. Thanks for spotting.
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    by justalever 8mo ago

    In general, I like it for the speed. I can build an MVP in less than a weekend using Rails, Rails UI, and some AI for some one-shot copy and random repetitive stuff. Under the hood, I like the Rails conventions and Ruby's beauty.
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    by justalever 8mo ago

    Will get this fixed, thanks!
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    by justalever 8mo ago

    Been there! I see this as a solo dev or small startup tool, great for building 0-1 ideas faster (which is what I use it for). Unless they’re working on greenfield apps, established teams probably aren’t the ideal fit.
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    by justalever 8mo ago

    Hey! A lot of the UI on the theme preview site and on railsui.com isn’t fully functional. It’s mostly there to show the design and layout of the components, not the underlying logic. The railsui gem itself has more complete, working compone
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    by justalever 8mo ago

    Hey, thanks for giving it a shot! Agree on the UI front. It seems to be the most "unconventional" thing about the framework. Always struck me as odd, but I suppose it makes sense given how an app needs to adapt to a brand, audienc
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    by justalever 8mo ago

    Thanks for noticing. It's all hand-made with a bit of AI to talk me off ledges on the gem structure/architecture front.
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    by justalever 8mo ago

    This you? https://flow-control.dev/
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    by justalever 8mo ago

    Fair enough. Yes, AI can one-shot a lot now, but I sort of think human-coded stuff has its place. Having done both, I'm most often cleaning up the AI UI that did a piss poor job. I'm sure it can improve in time, though. I built th