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Every vibe coded site is too dark and the text is too small.
by ks2048 7mo ago
Every vibe coded site is too dark and the text is too small.
- progbits 7mo agoThey all have this rounded box design as well. I wonder where that came from, I don't think it was a predominant style before.
- mrkramer 7mo agoI vibe code web apps with Google's Gemini and I think it actually mimics Google's UI and UX because I see similarities between my vibe coded web apps and Google's web apps.
- progbits 7mo agoBut that's a different style from the these colorful border rounded boxes that I think Claude in particular loves to produce.
- xg15 7mo agoRecently asked Codex (GPT-5.2) to write a small single-page HTML frontend to debug some REST endpoints. As it was just a one-off tool, I put in no instructions about looks or styling at all. Lo and behold, the tool it wrote came with exactly that round-box style. It seems to be the "default" style of some models for some reason. Which makes me wonder if people already experimented with different style suggestions to get different results: "Make it look like an 1998 GeoCities page" / 2005 Facebook / Newgrounds / DeviantArt / HN / one of those Windows XP simulators with built-in window manager / etc
- mdp 7mo agoThis is fair, although I ask for it to be dark themed to match what I think was the style of typing game I remember growing up with (it's been a while). Bumped up the font though.
- btilly 7mo agoMy top complaint is that if I've successfully used a pattern, I want my text removed. I keep forgetting to backspace a bunch, then get frustrated that my pattern isn't working. Other than that, great game!
- xnorswap 7mo agoNext time please ask it to respect system dark/light mode preference, it's trivial to do, especially for an LLM which can spin up light/dark alternatives easily.
- NooneAtAll3 7mo agono considering free windows being light theme only, it should be a button, not a "system default"
- CamperBob2 7mo agoThat's fine, too. Either way, give the user the choice.
- xnorswap 7mo agoThere should be a button too, but it's simple to add a line so that it also defaults to any provided preference.
- zamadatix 7mo agoBy "free windows" do you just mean an unactivated copy of Windows? That doesn't prevent the user from configuring their preference in the browser itself.
- gdcbe 7mo ago… is that even legal to do for microsoft? Are there no requirements to adhere to certain standards? Would have thought that is part of it.
- love2read 7mo ago
- christoph-heiss 7mo agoAnd all the text is grey-on-grey and basically unreadable. Not to even mention accessibility.
- bmm6o 7mo agoAutomated accessibility testing needs to be in your loop, whether you are using an llm or not. Aria labels are easy to get right but they are also easy to forget.
- darkstar999 7mo agoWhat evidence do you have that this is vibe coded?
- flykespice 7mo agoEvery vibecoded site have this same dark look with shining hue-gradient borders, can't wait for the future the entire web be filled with this generic look
- PurpleRamen 7mo agoMaybe because it 1337 hackerman-style, or something.
- mchaver 7mo agoI could envision the style even before clicking on the site.
- lofaszvanitt 7mo agoAnd not playtested at all :D