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how i design landing pages and dashboards that actually stand out

get the style and colors right first, wireframe 5 heroes in paper, add one signature touch, and follow the animation rule.

hey,

most developer landing pages look the same now.

people open codex or claude code, ask for a landing page, and get back the average of every template on the internet.

you've seen that page before. so has everyone you show it to.

people like a page because they like how it looks. so the look is the one part you can't leave to the agent's defaults.

here's the 4-step workflow i use to design landing pages and dashboards with agents:

01. pick the style, the audience, and the colors before you touch code

this choice dictates everything else on the page, so make it first.

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