Memento — A Notes App Where Memories Decay

Live app: https://memento-navy.vercel.app

Every notes app treats a thought from three years ago identically to one from this morning. Memento doesn't.

Notes decay visually from the moment they're created — across typography weight, contrast, border integrity, and color temperature — until they become near-invisible archaeological artifacts. A note from today is sharp and vivid. A note from six months ago is a ghost. The archive isn't a list. It's fog. Pinning a note revives it — it returns warm and glowing, carrying the memory of having faded.

Eight decay states. One continuous system. The interface is alive because time is acting on it constantly — even while you sleep.

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HOW I USED STITCH

I've been using Stitch since it first launched, and this project pushed it harder than anything I've built with it.

The entire visual system — all 8 decay states — was designed simultaneously on Stitch's infinite canvas using multi-screen generation. I wrote a single detailed prompt specifying exact hex values, typography weights, opacity levels, and border behavior for each state, then used targeted follow-up prompts to refine individual screens without disrupting the system. The workflow was: Stitch for the full design system → HTML/CSS export → Antigravity to build the functional React/Next.js app using Stitch exports as visual reference → deployed on Vercel.

The most interesting challenge was making decay feel considered rather than broken — Stitch's rapid iteration helped me find the line between "elegantly faded" and "unreadably dark" faster than any other tool would have.

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FEEDBACK ON STITCH

I've used Stitch across several projects since launch and it's genuinely changed how I approach UI work — the speed from concept to exportable interface is unlike anything else available.

One honest observation: visual continuity across screens can drift, particularly on the Flash model. When generating a system of related screens, subtle inconsistencies in spacing, border radius, and color values creep in between generations. The Pro model handles this significantly better, but it's worth noting for anyone building multi-screen products.

That said — Stitch moves the bottleneck from "can I design this" to "can I think clearly about what I want." That's exactly where the bottleneck should be.