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💥 I Was Tired of Boring UIs, So I Built a CSS Framework Straight Out of a 1962 Comic Book

💥 I Was Tired of Boring UIs, So I Built a CSS Framework Straight Out of a 1962 Comic Book

via Dev.toGaurav Kalal

Let me ask you something. When was the last time you visited a website and thought "wow, this UI has a personality" ? Be honest. Because I've been building on the web for years, and lately every project I open in Figma — or every starter template I pull from npm — looks identical. A sterile off-white background. Inter font at font-weight: 400 . A primary color from a muted blue palette that some product manager once called "trustworthy." A card with border-radius: 8px and a whisper of a box-shadow . It's safe. It's clean. It's everywhere. And I am absolutely exhausted by it. 🎨 The Web Used to Have Soul There was a time when websites were weird. Aggressively, unapologetically weird. Colors screamed at you. Borders were thick and black like someone drew them with a Sharpie. Things were misaligned in ways that somehow felt intentional and full of energy. That visual language had a name: it lived in vintage comic books, in Roy Lichtenstein pop art, in the chunky, ink-heavy print design of

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