The UI Vintage Demo Blog
A production-like blog surface powered by the UI Vintage component library and Nuxt Content.
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Dark Mode Is a Second Design, Not a Filter
Inverting colors gives you a dark theme that technically works and looks slightly wrong everywhere. Semantic tokens fix most of it. Shadows and accents need extra care.
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Dark Mode Is a Second Design, Not a Filter
Inverting colors gives you a dark theme that technically works and looks slightly wrong everywhere. Semantic tokens fix most of it. Shadows and accents need extra care.
Shipping a Vue Library Without a Build Step
UI Vintage publishes its source and lets each Nuxt app compile it. That choice removes a whole class of problems, and adds a couple of new ones.
Designing Focus States People Actually Notice
Keyboard users rely on the focus ring to know where they are. Most designs hide it or make it faint. A few small rules make it both visible and good-looking.
Why Spring Animations Feel Faster Than They Are
A spring that overshoots slightly can take longer than a plain fade and still feel quicker. Here is why, and where the trick stops working.
Shipping the Blog Migration Into the Library
A practical summary of what changed once the original blog implementation was moved into a reusable Nuxt-friendly component library.
Designing a Reusable Editorial System
How we turned a one-off blog UI into a reusable content surface that still feels intentional once it leaves the original product.