Upcoming breaking changes for Splendid Layouts


Hey ,

This is probably one of the most ironic messages I’m gonna send because I’ve just ranted about breaking changes last week.

But I gotta tell you about these breaking changes in advance so you can ease into the new library as much as possible — although it’ll probably take some time before I get the documentations out.

(Life is tough, but I’m working on all the various fronts I can as we speak).

There are two major breaking changes coming with the upcoming version of Splendid Labz.

Today’s article goes into the reason why we’re making these breaking changes. This will be interesting if you like to hear behind-the-scenes stories and (fuck ups) that breaking changes from other libraries cause.

Upcoming Breaking changes for Splendid Layouts

Anyway, hope you have a good read.

(If you’ve been following my haphazard posts last year, you would know that Splendid Labz is a project where I’m building layouts, components, and tools that will help you it easy to build websites and web applications).

(Frankly, it’s different from other component libraries, but I haven’t quite gotten the handle on how to explain its differences yet. So, as I release more tools I’ve built for you and me, I hope the clarity comes through to me)

That’s it from me this week. Hope you have a great week.

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