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New comment by gfat in "Why most product tours get skipped"

gfat — Wed, 06 May 2026 01:59:28 +0000

Linear has an in-app changelog in the bottom right that doesn’t get in the way of work. It’s synced with their changelog on the website and can be revisited anytime clicking the help menu icon. Pretty elegant.

New comment by gfat in "AI Product Graveyard"

gfat — Tue, 05 May 2026 13:24:58 +0000

Diagram was acquired by Figma

New comment by gfat in "Claude Design"

gfat — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 19:52:29 +0000

The small web still has a unique soul to it. dimden.dev is a good example.

New comment by gfat in "TigerBeetle: A Trillion Transactions [video]"

gfat — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:04:01 +0000

Wow the slides synced with the narration were smooth and ofc the visualization at the end. Stunning work.

New comment by gfat in "Surprising things that CSS can animate (2020)"

gfat — Sat, 21 Jan 2023 06:17:43 +0000

https://medium.com/bridge-collection/3d1b0a9b810e Stripe using animations back in 2014.

New comment by gfat in "Surprising things that CSS can animate (2020)"

gfat — Sat, 21 Jan 2023 06:16:36 +0000

> None of the examples in the article work with js disabled.

Some because of Codepen.io embeds? The ghost and pricing tables should work on their own.

New comment by gfat in "Interview with Benjamin de Cock, early designer at Stripe"

gfat — Tue, 03 Jan 2023 06:12:12 +0000

> In what way? Is there an example of this?

https://web.archive.org/web/20160301000015/https://stripe.co...

Most hero sections in mid-2010s did not use CSS and JS animations to this extent. Video playback with an overlay gradient was one technique to animate a hero, but that's not the same level of quality and craft as moving DOM elements. IIRC BDC made these in vanilla (according to some design podcasts).

The Bitcoin page is another example of meticulous design work, remaking Vim in HTML here is crazy.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160301000200/https://stripe.co...

Their open-source page too. They go the extra mile here with JS game of life.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160301000519/https://stripe.co...

Animations are more prevalent today (see pages like https://linear.app), but these Stripe pages were shipped years ago and they still hold up.

New comment by gfat in "Interview with Benjamin de Cock, early designer at Stripe"

gfat — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 21:26:10 +0000

Huge fan of his style and dedication to detail. His early work on those Stripe landing pages, like Checkout, was ahead of the time.

You can see his latest work at https://increase.com, another finance API.

New comment by gfat in "Show HN: Create your own Codecademy-style lessons"

gfat — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 22:06:59 +0000

Cool, thanks

New comment by gfat in "Show HN: Create your own Codecademy-style lessons"

gfat — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 15:43:08 +0000

Very cool idea. Is this an open-source project?