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by MDA2AV 4 days ago
Unfortunately I might have to agree that the UI/UX isn't the strong point, as expected of a website built by a firmware developer using AI tools' help, I would appreciate any feedback on how to improve it though, regardless, the tough part on a project like this is what is invisible to the eye, stable hardware/harness and reviewing PRs in 20 different languages/technologies to keep the leaderboard competitive.
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dakolli 4 days ago
Its an impressive project. You could get really far by just picking a softer color palette. There's an over reliance on color coding going on that's hard on the eyes.

Optional pagination would be nice, I would use a Zebra pattern on the rows backgrounds and larger row heights but that's just me, and I'll admit making nice tables with lots of data look nice is hard. I'm also not a designer :/

The problem is when I see this color pallete I assume everything is vibe coded and then I have a hard time taking the rest of the project seriously / trusting it. I'm not sure why every llm generated UI uses those colors, but they do. I'm not sure how it ended up so concretely in their training data either because this wasn't ever the norm. I think the models just start with Red Blue Green Yellow and then expect the user to adjust from there, idk.

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MDA2AV 3 days ago
Thanks for feedback, applied some simpler UI/UX with zebra pattern tables but yea it is quite rough designing these tables that pack so much information in them.
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password4321 4 days ago
Maybe just go hard in the opposite direction, absolutely bare minimum spartan UI... I'm not an expert on AI UI but the problem with generated text is that it smells like AI aka the same/average with a few key tells that set off people's radar, not necessarily that it is terrible (more of a vibe check?).

Host a design competition and pay contestants with exposure! ;)

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MDA2AV 3 days ago
Did some changes to it https://www.http-arena.com/ :o
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password4321 4 days ago
Maybe just go hard in the opposite direction, absolutely bare minimum spartan UI... the problem is mostly that it looks AI, not necessarily that it looks terrible.
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