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All my Webflow Variables use modern development practices. Made this design system for myself for now because it’s too complex for the average designer/person to use.
The goal for my design system is to never do anymore heavy lifting. Only thing I want to do is tweak the variables, apply them to components, and focus on CRO initiatives.
I enjoy designing and developing, but with AI streamlining things, I want to allocate my efforts to what matters to me — making sure the website converts and/or accomplish the client’s goal.
I’m going to create a simple version down the road that doesn’t use math or formulas in the variables.
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The 404 was treated as a proper page rather than a fallback state.
The number is constructed as an architectural drawing. The 4 and the 0 are formed from walls at true thickness, with furniture laid out inside the resulting rooms and dimension strings running along both edges. It sits inside the same drafting system as the rest of the site rather than borrowing a display typeface.
The error message then repeats. Instead of a single dialog, identical windows cascade back across the canvas, each one carrying the same 404 notice. It reads as a system throwing an unresolved warning over and over, which is the exact behaviour Heron is built to prevent inside a model.
Error pages are never in the brief. They're a good measure of whether a team understood the product or just styled it.
Treating a 404 as an actual page instead of a dead end is such a good instinct, where did the architectural drawing idea come from, personal interest bleeding into the work?
Same headline, two layouts fighting for attention.
Which one wins the first 3 seconds?
3 voted
75%
1 voted
25%
4 votes
Closed
I’m picking B. The visual details make it feel more distinctive.
After 6+ years of building websites, I’ve learned to ask one question early: “Who will update this after launch?”
The answer shapes the CMS, navigation, and handoff.
Fellow developers, what’s one question you always ask before starting a project?
