The Death of Utility Classes: Why Ontological CSS Changes Everything
A manifesto against the utility-class revolution and a case for ontological CSS — where you describe what content IS, not how it should look.
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Property Ownership: The Rule That Makes CSS Conflicts Impossible
Why each CSS concern belongs to exactly one ontological category — and how that makes specificity conflicts structurally impossible.
Web Components Without the Framework Tax
17 Lit-based custom elements that enhance semantic HTML without a build step, a virtual DOM, or a runtime framework.
Design With Memory: How AI Agents Evolve a Living Design Genome
Inside the system where every design decision has an origin story and AI reviewers enforce semantic purity.
Accessibility Is Not a Feature — It Is the Architecture
How the Genesis ontology makes WCAG compliance a structural guarantee instead of a checklist item.
The Void and the Ethereal: Crafting Atmosphere in Code
How a single word — void, ethereal, sacred, vibrant — sets the emotional tone of an entire page region.
OKLCH: The Color Space Your Eyes Were Waiting For
Why hex codes lie to your brain and how perceptual uniformity changes everything about design systems.
Getting Started with the Genesis Design System
From clone to first page in under ten minutes — installation, layout selection, and ontological customization.