Emil Kowalski's philosophy of UI polish — the details that make software feel great.
Open source — soon
Uses
Emil Kowalskisource
What it does
Encodes Emil Kowalski's approach: UI polish, component and animation decisions, and the invisible details (focus / hover / loading / empty / disabled) that make an interface feel right.
How to use
- 1Activates inside a design flow (page-design-pipeline, design-revise).
- 2Reviews typography, hierarchy, states, rhythm.
- 3Explains taste decisions — why this easing, size, hierarchy.
- 4Runs a final quality checklist.
When it triggers
inside page-design-pipelineinside design-revise“polish for taste”after a design brief
Example
Invoked at pipeline Checkpoint 2/5 — gives reasoned taste-level fixes.
Updates
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