Are We Building Interfaces the Wrong Way?
Think about your current workflow. Design lives in Figma. Animations are prototyped somewhere else. Developers rebuild everything manually. Logic is wired in after the visuals are done. Every layer is separate. We call this “modern UI development.” But what if this fragmentation is the real problem? Interfaces Aren’t Static Anymore Today’s interfaces: React to user state Adapt in real time Tell...
Designing is easy. Translating that design into a state machine is a nightmare.
The absolute worst part of frontend development is trying to animate changing data. If a WebSocket pushes new data to your dashboard chart while an existing transition is still running... what happens? Usually, it completely breaks the React state, skips a frame, or the numbers just snap abruptly. Writing robust unmount/remount logic and handling interrupted animations (with Framer Motion or...
What do you use for complex, stateful UI animations? (Lottie/Rive aren't cutting it for us)
Lottie is fantastic for simple loaders, and Rive is great for interactive icons. But when it comes to whole-app screens—like a complex credit card entry form with validation logic, 3D-like flips, and dynamic API data—these tools often fall short. We're building ExodeUI to handle "Complex Application Logic" directly in the UI file. It has built-in LogicNodes and StateMachines, meaning the...