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It doesn't intend to provide such guidelines nor give out a license to cooperate with anyone.

Hm. I'm interested in hearing more about the specific scenarios where this sort of tool is useful.

I skimmed through the HN comments and see that it can be used for adding diagrams to code comments. But what else? Slack, Jira, READMEs, SMS, Signal etc all allow you to include pngs.

That's a really cool app. What JavaScript framework did you use?

I strongly disagree. Relative to other books, maybe it is on the expensive side. But relative to the value you get from it, I think it is incredibly low.

One way to think about it is in terms of how much you value your time. If you value your time at $25/hr and this book saves you more than 4 hours of time learning UI design, it is worth it.

Another way to think about it is in terms of ROI. As someone in the tech industry I think that having these skills is likely to pay off way more than $99. Not in a legible way -- it's not like anyone will ever say to you "I see you have these UI design skills, here's a $5,000 raise." But I believe that the skills will ultimately shine through and improve your ability to get jobs and make more money.

Also, in practice, if you're in the tech industry, there's probably a good chance that you can get your employer to pay for it.

I have linked to this so many times over the years. Very cool to see it on the front page.

Interesting. Thanks for the comment.

Unfortunately, I'm having trouble understanding though. The furthest I got with math is calculus. I'd love to hear a more ELI5 description of what you said. Something that doesn't require prior knowledge of abstract algebra. (I recognize that's a big/difficult ask. No obligation or anything ofc.)

That makes sense to me that in these two particular situations they have leverage. But what if they don't have enough board seats and you also aren't looking to raise a subsequent round? It sounds like then they don't really have leverage, right? If so, it seems easy enough to guard against the risk that VCs end up with too much leverage over you.

I've never understood why React components are considered to be pure. The output is not just a function of the props, it's also a function of the state (as in `useState`) and context (as in `useContext`).