Design Articles

Articles about web design and the design philosophy behind TrackJS and our other products.

• A Fresh Look Without Moving the Cheese
  TrackJS launched a complete UI redesign after 12 years, replacing Bootstrap 2012 styles with modern CSS and Flexbox while maintaining identical functionality - "not moving the cheese." The refresh brought consistent spacing, better visual hierarchy, dark mode (by popular demand), and cleaned up o...

Todd H. Gardner
May 27, 2025
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• A New Look for TrackJS
  TrackJS unveiled a fresh new look for 2020 - cleaner, simpler, and more friendly. The redesign emphasizes their core strength: being the easiest way to understand and fix JavaScript bugs without enterprise complexity or jargon. Service-first approach meets modern design.

Todd H. Gardner
February 05, 2020
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• A Dumpster-Fire Alert for Your JavaScript Errors
  Build a literal dumpster fire alert for JavaScript errors using a 3D-printed translucent dumpster, Particle Photon, and WS2812 LEDs. The device polls TrackJS API every minute via webhook, lighting up animated flames when error counts exceed your threshold - perfect visual indicator for production...

Todd H. Gardner
November 12, 2019
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• Impermanent UIs: the Fleeting Frontend
  Frontend development has become needlessly complex with frameworks requiring massive toolchains for apps destined to be rewritten every 2-3 years. Instead of building cathedrals, focus on speed-to-market with simpler solutions that deliver value quickly.

Eric Brandes
August 07, 2018
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