SMRTR ProgrammingJan 24, 2025Hacker News

The Past, Present, and Future of UI at GitHub

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Joel Hawksley reflects on lessons learned from GitHub's UI architecture and future trends. He emphasizes native mobile experiences as the new baseline, cautions against building custom design systems, and warns that frontend complexity costs 10 times more than backend long-term, advising careful budgeting of UI development efforts.

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