[rchaud]

Congratulations on launching! Now that the product's launched, are you planning to go back to a day job?

Thanks for including a shot of your Sketch mockup; when I learned HTML/CSS/JS, it was 2014, and the "wireframe to HTML" craze was in full swing, and discouraged the creation of mockups.

Having built some sites since then, I cannot say enough about the value of using something like Sketch or Figma to design the site first. This means creating the style guide (typographic scale, primary/secondary colours, layout), mocking up some pages, and figuring out if you're happy with it. Only then do I start writing the HTML and CSS.

Before that, I'd code everything first and always feel like the design was off, but I didn't know why. Building it out in a prototyping tool helps you visualize the site much better, and when it's time to code, you will already have the color codes, font sizes, line-heights etc. ready to paste into the CSS.

[hernansartorio]

Thanks! I hope not but it's an option. I still have savings for a couple more months, which should be enough time to launch the 1.0 version I have in mind, I'll see how that goes first.

Cool! Agreed, although I do a lot of iteration in the code at later stages I find it useful for exploring different style options and setting a general design direction at the beginning. Indeed, it's much easier to not have to worry about design when you're on a coding mindset.