Continuing my thinking about a custom-built Micro.blog theme plugin, I wondered why most of Micro.blog themes design card-based? Here’s Claude AI’s answer:

Cards became the dominant Micro.blog theme style largely by following a broader web design trend from the mid-2010s, when Pinterest and Material Design made cards ubiquitous. Theme authors adopted them because they handle variable-length content safely and look great in screenshots. The fork-from-fork nature of many Micro.blog themes then perpetuated the pattern. The irony is that cards aren’t actually the best fit for Micro.blog’s typical stream of short title-less posts — making it a real opportunity for anyone wanting a distinctive, better-suited design.

Besides the fact that Micro.blog launched in 2018, the rest of Claude’s response makes me think that my design choice of a left sidebar, similar to Micro, is a good one.

Vibe Coding a Custom-Built Micro.blog Theme Plugin

I started working a my next vibe coding project: building my own Micro.blog theme plugin. I wanted to have one even before vibe coding was a thing, but I didn’t have the experience with Hugo and Micro.blog theme creation. With Claude Code, having that knowledge is secondary to the task, but having a clear mind about the desired final product is paramount. I started gathering specifications that will end up in some form in the specs.md file that I’ll feed to Claude Code. I’m also gathering design tidbits that reflect what I like. Ultimately, all my Micro.blog sites will share most of the design elements. Thanks the goal.

I plan to provide more updates about this little project, here on my meta blog. I’m doing all my work in Craft, a great tool for such project. I might decide to share my document with you dear readers if you show sign of curiosity.