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What do you guys think of the Carbon Design System[1]?

It's an open source design system created and maintained by IBM, with official implementations in React, vanilla JS and web components and community implementations for Angular, Vue and Svelte.

Are there people using it in production, or for serious side projects?

[1] https://carbondesignsystem.com/


Carbon is absolutely amazing. They are using a very flat style in pursuit of a modern corporate brand, just like a lot of other tech companies today, but the design also incorporates a lot of traditional and familiar elements. It’s a rare instance of flat UI that does not feel mobile oriented and half assed on desktop.

Carbon components are also the most accessible component set I have seen, and they go through great lengths doing automated and manual accessibility testing.

The library though, is a bit lackluster. It’s tailored for IBM’s internal need, and is still a bit far from a complete framework. So you need to be prepared to write some CSS as well as designing your own components when you need one.


I used it in Svelte for a desktop app I wrote. It was okay. Like a lot of design frameworks I found it to be pretty rigid. However, take what I say with a grain of salt. I really like CSS frameworks like Tailwind that I can combine with something like Svelte.


This is the first I'm hearing of it, but my initial impression is pretty poor given that there is no loading indicator when you click any link on the website, so if a page takes a while to load, there is absolutely no indication that anything is happening. I know it's petty, but that doesn't set a good tone for the rest of the design system.



tl;dr:

It's an easier to install and use Nextcloud alternative, with open source components (to be released in the future) but closed source core.


I thought of nextcloud. Seems very similar:

For those unfamiliar nextcloud is kinda an open source Dropbox.

https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/nextcloud-13-how-get-st...


English isn't my first language but shouldn't it be "... has landed in Chrome" instead of "... is landed in Chrome"?


Yes, you're correct - they should be using "has"


But if stationary cars are considered as parked, what about cars that are momentarilly stopped due to a red traffic sign?

Wouldn't it cause false positives?


Pull requests for open hardware projects, what a time to be alive!


Why not use an open source app like Syncopoli (which is a rsync client, available on F-Droid) to back up your pictures (including location and other metadata) and other files on your phone to your rsync server, which would be your own computer or VPS?


Just add wireguard


Similarly, predicting issue tags on Github would be interesting.


Is there a study about the effectiveness of the search of electronic devices?


Probably the same effectiveness the TSA has catching terrorists.


Personally, I don't think Scaleway servers are good enough to be used in production like you describe it. However, because of the low prices, they are ideal (for me at least) for hosting small web apps.


That is sadly true. I am actually going to delete my cluster tomorrow because of that.


> "At some point, we will open source and release this synthetically generated data for others to train and validate their own systems and research on."

Glad to hear this.


This article was posted in April. Did Dropbox follow through and release? 7 months..


Yeah that would be a great read. You want your system to learn what's in real photographs, not how to see through your simulation.


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