Rob Cipolla

👉 Links: Posts about UX/UI Design and Development

[Rob Cipolla @robcipolla]

@shadcn Gawd... I almost miss it.

Almost.

[Rob Cipolla @robcipolla]

@devadam88 No. No I do not.

But all the power to you my man lol.

Looks beautiful however.

[Storybook @storybookjs]

Storybook MCP for React is here 🎉

Storybook MCP gives AI agents structured context from your components and design system to build better UI the first time.

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[Rob Cipolla @robcipolla]

@theo @AlexanderTw33ts I turned 31 last month... I went through a phase of calling the junior devs I mentored spoilt for not having to deal with floats in CSS only a few years ago.

With AI tools that joke just isn't funny 🤣

[Rob Cipolla @robcipolla]

@tannerlinsley @abrxrak Or both 😅

[Rob Cipolla @robcipolla]

@jamesqquick I was using Warp for the longest time...

But since it now has more agentic features and isnt just a terminal with helpful ai search for commands I forget - I have switched to ghostty

[Rob Cipolla @robcipolla]

@elkelk Over the past 6 months you say? You sure it's not C L A U D E?

[Rob Cipolla @robcipolla]

AI Has effected our jobs as developers, whether we like to admit or not. A little while ago I wrote about how I think of myself more as a Product Engineer...

That title feels relevant more than ever, and I'm not mad about it.

https://t.co/YfJGGXo4WP

[Rob Cipolla @robcipolla]

@theo I watch far too much youtube too... and far too much of you apparently 😆

[Rob Cipolla @robcipolla]

Is it @Cloudflare 's turn to take down the internet today?

[Rob Cipolla @robcipolla]

tl;dr

forms = state machines with a11y + async traps. use rhf or tanstack form + zod/yup. nail error timing, focus, and perf. ship product, not a custom form framework.

[Rob Cipolla @robcipolla]

stop building forms from scratch.

you’re not wiring inputs you’re rebuilding a state machine.

use React Hook Form or TanStack Form. 🧵

[Rob Cipolla @robcipolla]

9 - performance
- prefer uncontrolled and memoize fields
- avoid global re-renders on input
- debounce async checks
- lazy-mount heavy conditionals.