Problem
Every new project started the same way: rebuilding buttons, dialogs, and form controls from scratch, each with slightly different spacing, focus states, and keyboard behavior. Small inconsistencies compounded into bugs and slow delivery.
Approach
- Unstyled, accessible primitives from Base UI as the foundation — behavior and keyboard support without imposed styling.
- Design tokens for spacing, type, and color in Tailwind, so every component reads from one source of truth.
- Typed compound-component APIs in TypeScript; props that guide correct usage instead of documenting pitfalls.
- Docs with live examples served from the same codebase, so examples can't drift from the shipped code.
Outcome
Adopting the library across projects improved development speed by ~30% and cut UI bug reports by ~25%. New screens compose from existing pieces instead of starting blank.
Stack notes
TypeScript, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Base UI. Live documentation at the public site; versioned releases per component.