The tool didn't exist, so I started building it
Stitch can't do precise spatial layout, no affordable tool arranges HTML elements visually, so a new side-tool is born. The trait behind half this company's projects, named.
// trace: where this idea came from
- ↳ video diary @ 12:12 (la decisión de construirla)
- ↳ video diary @ 18:53 (el rasgo, nombrado)
The company website needs rebuilding (a contact from the networking day asked for a portfolio, and the current site embarrasses us), and the rebuild hit a wall that turned into a product decision.
The wall: precise visual layout. A red 4x9 grid drawn over Julia’s Canva design helps Stitch position elements ▸ 8:16, but only so far: no matter how fine the grid, it has spatial problems, it can’t do miracles with positioning ▸ 10:25. The tool hunt came next: Canva won’t export element positions, Figma’s dev mode underdelivers, and everything that arranges HTML visually is missing rotation, missing resize, or costs money ▸ 11:23. So: “voy a hacer una aplicación para editar fácilmente los HTML”, import, edit, save, three buttons ▸ 12:12. Maybe it even goes on the internet as a mini-service later ▸ 13:32.
tres botones: importar, editar, guardar →
Julia’s endorsement carries strategy, not just sympathy: it’s healthy not to depend 100% on Stitch, which is beautiful but standardized, “no se puede jugar mucho” ▸ 10:38. Owning a layout tool means owning the ability to be weird, and weird is the brand.
The self-diagnosis at the end names the pattern behind Zenota, Vibe Cell, and now this: the existing solutions always have some little detail I don’t like, and I think “I can do it better”, and I go do it ▸ 18:53. Julia recognized herself instantly, hers is with food. Whether this trait is an engine or a leak depends entirely on what the next few days do with it; the diary will keep score…