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4 pieces filed under “frontend architecture”.
Engineering · 21 Aug 2026 · 10 min
Form architecture at scale: schemas, errors and autofills
Schema-first form engineering: shared zod validation, error copy as data, correct autofill tokens, and announcements that don't double-speak.
formsvalidationaccessibility
Engineering · 21 Aug 2026 · 10 minView transitions in the wild: lovely, fragile, worth it
Eight projects in, we still love the View Transitions API — with our eyes open. Where it shines, how it fights your router, and the tiers that keep it honest.
animationUXprogressive enhancement
Engineering · 18 June 2026 · 10 minState machines for checkout and onboarding flows
Multi-step flows rot into boolean soup. Explicit state machines fix back-button bugs and analytics blindspots — with a worked checkout example.
state machinesfrontend architectureforms
Engineering · 10 Feb 2026 · 8 minDesign tokens that survive contact with engineering
Most token pipelines rot within a year. Here's the architecture we use at Brassfern to keep design decisions flowing from Figma to production without drift.
design tokensdesign systemsCSS