A reflection on the future of custom storefront in the Shopify ecosystem, seen by our point of view at Polipo

Comparing Anima and Framer to help you decide what is the best tool to start your new project

New year, new framework? Here we dive into the main trends for 2025 when it comes to crafting great UIs as a Next.js developer

Selecting the right e-commerce platform can make or break it. We went through Shopify, Magento, and WooCommerce so you don't have to.

Are you looking for tools to reignite your curiosity and inspire you to design wonderful things? Mobbin is a large library of screens to browse if you are looking into designing for mobile.

Choosing between Figma and Framer can be challenging. This article explores their strengths and most common use cases, to guide your selection.

We tried to group here some of the main things to consider when talking about mobile-first design in 2025 for your Shopify e-commerce.

New year, new me. It's time to get inspired and bring our e-commerce website in 2025. Here are the most relevant trends to consider.

While Dawn might be the most popular Shopify theme available, there are several alternatives (depending on your niche) that could help you win as an e-commerce shop. Let's explore them.

Are you looking to identify the theme used by some of the best Shopify e-shops on Earth? Here is how you can gather some useful information, with just a few clicks.

Picking the right template to start with on Shopify can take some time. We decided to review here some of the most popular choices, sharing concrete examples and comparing their features.

Dawn has emerged as one of the most popular choices for e-commerce builders in the Shopify ecosystem. Here you will find a comprehensive review of this theme.

Building a Shopify storefront for the first time? Should you go for Liquid-based standard templates or go for Hydrogen? Here we answer this question.

Ollama AI and Web UI are becoming more and more popular as an alternative to the cloud-based AI products available on the market. Let's see why and how.

NextUI is a React UI library offering a collection of pre-built components that are easy to use and customize, here we reviewed this tool (big fans here)

Picking the right Icons for your project can significantly impact the success of your project. Here are some of the most popular choice when using Next.js

Feature flagging tools are becoming a fundamental part of any software development workflow. Here we reviewed some of the main tools available to make your work neat.

React developers are always finding ways to make the best out of their workflows. Here are a few tips and tricks learned from our journey building Polipo.

Polipo isn’t a code generator—it’s a React-based tool that renders Figma layouts directly in the browser. By avoiding abstractions over HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, Polipo lets you maintain full control over your codebase

MUI Data Grid and TanStack Table are two well-known libraries when it comes to bringing data grids to life within a React application. Let's see how they compare.

We use VS Code everyday and work on the front-end side of things. These are 10 extensions we use.

Integrating Shadcn UI with Storybook provides a great environment for developing UI components, helping teams collaborate. This article will guide you through setting up Storybook with Shadcn UI.

Here are the top 5 UI kits for developing e-commerce interfaces with Next.js, from the more customizable options like NextUI and Shadcn UI to the accessible Chakra UI, up until the enterprise-ready Material-UI, and Ant Design.

State management is crucial in web apps, and we picked three state management tools that offer different capabilities to developers. Recoil, Zustand and Context: which one is best? We went through all of them in this article.

While looking for design-to-code there are two fundamentally different approaches: being graphic editor agnostic or providing access to your own editor. Locofy and Builder.io provide two different answer to the same question. Let's explore these.

Flexbox is a versatile CSS layout model, but it can behave unexpectedly. These quirks often require diving into complex specs or experimenting with fixes.

Authentication is a critical component of any web application, including those built Next.js. This article explores a few of the most popular authentication libraries, their features, and how they can be integrated into your projects.

What is the best CMS solution when working with Next.js? In this article we dive into some of the most popular platforms out there.

Shadcn/ui is becoming a popular choice in the world of material design and React. Here we reviewed the tool to see what are the strongest use cases and how it is best to approach it while developing web applications.

Anima and Locofy are some of the most prominent code generators in the landscape of design-to-code tools. In this article, you will find an in-depth comparison of their solutions, highlighting their strengths, and weaknesses.

The buzz around Aceternity UI has been growing, let's find out more about it. The tool’s commitment to reducing the heavy lifting involved in skipping the design phase is definitely striking a chord.

Figma to HTML doesn’t have to be hard. Here we explain how Polipo’s compiler-based approach makes front-end development more efficient, collaborative, and reliable. Say goodbye to manual conversions as it is.

Polipo isn’t just another code generator—it’s the first Figma compiler. Discover what this means for designers and developers, and how it redefines the design-to-code workflow.

When building a UI it is important to use the right tools for the right scopes. Here we dig into the difference between Flexbox and Absolute positioning.

Chakra UI v3 is out: here is a full review of one of the most popular UI libraries available for developers.

CSS makes up to 95.6% of the whole web traffic. Let's find out why and how to make that better.

Picking the right solution for creating the UI of a software product is key: material design presents a series of alternatives. Here we review some of the most popular.

Why well thought design matters

How to bring a design into code: three different ways to give life to Figma.

Productivity in a startup should not be difficult. This is why I collected here some lessons learned working for a few years in startups as a full-stack developer.

Is generating code really the only way to bring Figma into code? Here we compared traditional code generators with Polipo.

Delivering a corporate blog using a Headless CMS, Figma and Polipo. The story of our blog.

Picking the right solution to bring a Figma design to life is not an easy task. This is why our team reviewed the different solutions available to implement UIs in code.

A reflection about AI, generated code and the future of UI development

Do not automate what you can skip, a thought-provoking reflection about writing code and Polipo.

With Polipo, the visual design of your UI lives in Figma, and the functionality lives in the codebase.