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DESIGN.md from justsml/dans-blog is a DESIGN.md file: the design rules coding agents follow in that repo.

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What the file says

# DanLevy.net Design Guide

This site is an Astro static blog with a dark editorial interface, bright technical accents, and a voice that is allowed to be sharp, funny, and opinionated. The design should feel like a personal engineering notebook wired into a neon command center: readable first, visually specific second, never generic.

## Design Principles

1. **Writing is the product.** Layout, animation, and UI should make posts easier to read, scan, share, and continue from.
2. **Personality is allowed.** Copy can be direct, weird, technical, and occasionally profane when it fits Dan's voice. Do not sand it into corporate SaaS language.
3. **Dark by default.** The site lives on a near-black grid background with cyan, pink, lime, and violet accents. Light surfaces should be rare and intentional.
4. **Square, gridded, precise.** Panels, nav tiles, search, footer modules, and article cards use hard edges or tiny radii. Avoid pill-heavy UI and soft rounded marketing cards.
5. **Motion should earn its keep.** Use motion for feedback, reveal, and delight, but respect `prefers-reduced-motion` and animate only `transform` and `opacity` where possible.

## Core Aesthetic
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justsml/dans-blog · 16 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main

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