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How I Name Every RAXXO Tool Before I Build It
The naming test every RAXXO tool has to pass before it gets a name, and the names that…
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Working notes from the studio. The tools I build, the workflows I keep, the mistakes I paid for.
62 entries · latest 2026-09-03
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Why RAXXO Prices Everything in EUR
Why every RAXXO product carries one EUR price instead of a currency toggle, and the format rule that…
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Why Lexxa Exists Instead of a Personal Creator Brand
Why I built an AI brand ambassador instead of becoming the on-camera face of the studio, and the…
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Why RAXXO Studios Sells Both Merch and Terminal Tools
Why one solo studio runs a merch catalog and five developer tools from the same storefront, and how…
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The Design System That Makes Five RAXXO Tools Feel Like One Studio
How one small set of design rules keeps five different RAXXO tools looking and feeling like a single…
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The Micro-Interactions I Add Last That Make a UI Feel Fast
Optimistic UI updates before the server confirms feel instant to users
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Accessible Color Contrast Without Killing the Brand
I keep a dark UI with a bright accent WCAG-AA readable at 4.5:1
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The CSS color-mix Patterns I Use Across Every RAXXO Theme
One brand variable feeds hover, disabled, surface, and text colors
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Managing Design Tokens Across 14 Projects Without a Tool
One tokens.json source feeds 14 projects with zero infrastructure
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The Anatomy of a Good Empty State: 6 Patterns That Guide the Next Action
Three empty state types: first-run, cleared, error-empty, each needs different copy
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The Native HTML Dialog Element: 6 Modal Patterns I Ship Without a Library
Native dialog removed a 14KB modal library from 9 sites
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5 CSS Animations That Needed JavaScript Until 2026
interpolate-size and calc-size finally let a panel transition to height auto with no measuring script.