{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"RaccoonKit Updates","home_page_url":"https://raccoonkit.com/updates","items":[{"id":"cmhwfzzv00009ji88vu4tadke","url":"https://raccoonkit.com/updates#designing-a-personality-the-raccoon-aesthetic","title":"Designing a Personality — The Raccoon Aesthetic","date_published":"2025-11-12T20:18:21.122Z","content_text":"UI is more than pixels — it’s *vibe*.\n\nWhen users open RaccoonKit, I want them to feel welcomed, not lectured.  \nThat’s why the visuals lean playful: glows, shimmers, rounded corners, and pastel shadows.\n\n#### Small Design Rules\n- **No default gray cards** — every surface has depth or gradient.  \n- **Micro-animations** on hover, never on click.  \n- **Dark mode first** — because raccoons are nocturnal. 🌙  \n- **Hyphens over em-dashes** — it just feels more human.\n\n> “If a UI doesn’t make you smile once, it’s not done yet.”\n\nEven the smallest things, like the login hints:\n> “Press buttons. Pretend you know what you’re doing.”\n\nThose touches make RaccoonKit memorable. Not corporate, not sterile — just **authentically handmade**.\n","tags":["design","uiux","branding","fun"]},{"id":"cmhwfxtnr0005ji88z8afuht0","url":"https://raccoonkit.com/updates#the-modular-engine-behind-the-curtain","title":"The Modular Engine — Behind the Curtain","date_published":"2025-11-12T20:16:39.770Z","content_text":"The backbone of RaccoonKit is its **module registry** — a small but powerful system that handles.\n\nEach module is designed as a self-contained **mini-app**, often with its own localStorage key, internal state, and UI flavor.\n","tags":["engineering","architecture","react","prisma"]},{"id":"cmhwfvxc20001ji88bpbsr0zd","url":"https://raccoonkit.com/updates#the-birth-of-raccoonkit","title":"The Birth of RaccoonKit","date_published":"2025-11-12T20:15:11.219Z","content_text":"I wanted a single home for all my tools: JSON formatters, SSL validators, image upscalers, chord trainers, even the silly reaction timers.  \nSo I started small and suddenly **RaccoonKit** became something more.\n\nThat phrase stuck because this platform is a **personality-driven software**. Fun, fast, and unapologetically mine.\n\n#### Stack\n- Next.js 14 + App Router  \n- Tailwind + custom token system  \n- Neon Postgres + Prisma  \n- Vercel deployment\n\nAnd every commit made the kit feel more *alive*. Its addicting, and I spawn nothing to this within a month, really about two weeks but there is so much more to complete and my notepad filled with columns of ideas to add or improve further. Whenever time will allow I can tackle that list before it grows to a second page.   \n","tags":["raccoonkit","devlog","nextjs","personal"]}]}