ENTRY · 2025.09.12

On The Death Of The Soft UI

Notes on shedding the gradient, the blur, the friendly curve. A return to the page.

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There is a particular violence to the rounded rectangle. It pretends. It softens what is structural. For ten years the interface has been a pillow we sink into, and we have forgotten how to read.

THE PAGE, AGAIN

I want type that bleeds to the edge. I want a margin that means something. I want the cursor to blink like a clock.

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// TSXBLOCK

      01const grid = useGrid({ cols: 12, gutter: 0 });
    
      02return <Page grid={grid} />;