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The age of token efficiency, the age of libraries(golemui.com)
5 points by wtfdeveloper 2mo ago|0 comments
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
Hi Rich, thank you for taking the time to write this out. This is exactly the kind of harsh but true reality check we were hoping to get by posting here.. With regards to the accessibility point, you're right, marking the email field i
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
Hi Richard, First let me admit that we are still giggling after seeing who send su this question! Big fans! :) That being said... GolemUI is a client-side form runtime, the visibility rules, validation, computed fields, and repeaters all ru
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
Hey! Woah! Actually, this might seem dumb, but we did not think of that! After the rollercoaster of what this post have been, I can guarantee you that we will indeed consider this very seriously. Check the website in a few weeks, I would ho
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
Thanks! Yes, that is basically the whole idea, to have all the benefits of a JSON like core BUT to give a dx layer on top that allows forms to be semantically defined.
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
we are good at: - Library design - Forms - Components We have more than 50 years experienced combined in there. We are terrible at - Web Design I hope that settles it :)
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
correct! We are (obviously), using AI to assist us, but for the library code we are fully on top. And you can expect this to be the case for all the foreseeable future of the library
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
Let me paraphrase a previous reply: ___ You can see our first commit here https://github.com/golemui/golemui/commits/main/?since=2025- ... Note the date! 2025-09-01, that is the date of our first commit,
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
Well, If we have learned something from this post today is that we are terrible designers web designers :) We take this as actually great feedback, as we are indeed not good at all at web design, so we will try to improve it using all the f
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
Indeed, this is an old principle, we believe the key here is how we approach it, for instance, if you have a look at our DX layer (the gui.*) you will see how we bridge both worlds: https://golemui.com/dx/form-definitio
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
I don't think there is a simple answer to that, if moving from a big project to GolemUI or any other platform, the key would be to do it iteratively, first starting with a POC and then slowly intaking the rest of forms, if you were to
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
We are trying to signal that our product is ready to be used, is matured, but is v.1.0 as in this being the initial release... I don't think you would get two companies fully agreeing on their versioning strategy though...
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
THANK YOU! Being three devs here on a table reading comments and feeling nervous, is great to hear this kind of feedback, we really did pour our souls here.
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
I guess you are implying how mature we are? If so, I think you can see this on our github commit log: https://github.com/golemui/golemui/commits/main/?since=2025-... Note the date! 2025-09-01, that is th
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
Depending on the DSL you choose (JSON or Programmatic) you declare reactivity slightly different, but pretty much, we have states and inlined expressions. If states didn't click initially that's fine, you can still cover a lot of
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
We will indeed explore this approach, would be great to hear your thoughts too! Would you consider sharing some more insight by dropping a comment here? https://github.com/golemui/golemui/issues
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
Thanks! We are definitely learning from this post about things to do, is by far not our strong side
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
You are correct, the reactive expressions are not statically checked at the moment, but we have an item in our roadmap to fix that. On the other hand, the runtime expressions evaluator does provide feedback in the form of error messages, so
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
Golems are mythological creatures that are brought to life with clay. For us, our library is the clay, and the result of what you code with it is the golem.
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
THANKS! Well, we are very experienced developers, which is code for.. we are old... Old as from the time where websites had banners moving across the page, so that might have influenced our choices. But these suggestions are gold to us as w
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
Oh my god! Thanks so much! We are studying this immediately.
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
Honest caveat, none of us have really used SurveyJS, so correct me if I'm off. Biggest overlap is the JSON-schema idea, which is our first point here: 1. A JSON engine. The form is governed by a JSON definition that you can store in a
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
You would be suprised to hear this, but we are actually thrilled to hear this! We are on our first weeks (v1.02), so if you have found a bug we would love to get our hands on it! Would you consider raising an issue here? https://
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
We respect that, we believe is groundbreaking, but also we are aware that as with any other slogan couyld be highly speculative. However, I think if you look at our offering, perhaps you will agree that there is no one out there that positi
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
Good feedback! Is actually on the roadmap :)
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
Correct, But there is more, paraphrasing the post itself: This library has a lot to offer. These are the main characteristics: 1. A JSON engine. The form is governed by a JSON definition that you can store in a DB, version, diff, or generat
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by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago
haha! Fair point! We are three old school programmers and have no idea on design, so yes for the website ONLY, we let Claude designed for us... If any designers come over to the comment section, we would love to hear from you! We'd lov
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Show HN: GolemUI – Declarative Form Engine(golemui.com)
53 points by wtfdeveloper 3mo ago|71 comments
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ConanJs vs. Redux. Comparing a Simple Todo App(medium.com)
1 points by wtfdeveloper 6y ago|0 comments
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ConanJs – Dependency Injection and state management for React(docs.conanjs.io)
4 points by wtfdeveloper 6y ago|0 comments

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