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“SaaS has turned the web into a clusterfuck of aspiring monopolies, subscription models, yearly price hikes and AI pivots that literally no one asked for….”

A list of open source software for professional web and UI designers, with commentary on the state of the industry.

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I’m getting a 404. :face_with_diagonal_mouth:

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Same, can’t access the server at all I think.

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Sorry! Broken link. I’ve fixed it now. Apparently there are 2 ‘c’s in piccalilli….

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Their heavily-marketed AI assistant is a paid monthly extra and doesn’t come as part of the standard offering, which is fantastic, because you can fucking ignore it forever.

You have my attention. :eyes:

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AFFiNE looks neat, but I think for most people here Excalidraw alone will do just fine. The extra bells and whistles of AFFiNE are probably needed if you’re doing this on a professional level, working with clients; less so when you’re making a site for you for fun.

Also I’ve seen people do cool stuff with inkscape, so if a vector tool is of intrest to you I wouldn’t write it off just yet. Research it and play with it some first.

But that’s just my opinion :3 article otherwise has very solid advice.