LSD Framework
Galaxy Journal · Index

Everything we’ve published, in order

12 of 112 · sorted by date
  1. May 12, 2026Engineering

    How we built the Nebula color engine

    OKLCH derivation, role-keyed tier overrides, and the lookup that replaced 1,200 lines of CSS.

    Plover Hexstrom
  2. May 09, 2026Motion

    Aurora at 90fps: keyframe budgeting

    What we cut from the timeline pass and why the playhead now feels true under load.

    Plover Hexstrom
  3. May 06, 2026Research

    Orion-A: the contrast law

    A single equation that keeps surface pairs legible across every tier override.

    Plover Hexstrom
  4. May 02, 2026Design

    Notes from the Constellation editor

    Drag-to-token snapping and the gestures that finally read as physical.

    Plover Hexstrom
  5. Apr 28, 2026Field

    Pulsar & Helix ship the spring releases

    Two surface packs, one shared substrate, and what we learned wiring them through.

    Plover Hexstrom
  6. Apr 24, 2026Product

    Behaviours panel: wires that survive refactors

    cid-keyed instances, not DOM-keyed — and why that matters when the page rerenders.

    Plover Hexstrom
  7. Apr 19, 2026Engineering

    The .lsd package is the public contract

    Versioning palettes, tier maps and behaviours as a single transferable artifact.

    Plover Hexstrom
  8. Apr 14, 2026Motion

    CSS-first motion, JS complementary

    When the keyframe is enough, and when lsd-physics earns its bytes.

    Plover Hexstrom
  9. Apr 09, 2026Voice

    Naming the cosmos: Nebula, Orion, Vega

    The vocabulary that earned its keep — and the names we quietly retired.

    Plover Hexstrom
  10. Apr 03, 2026Studio

    Token-snap drag and the gestures that feel true

    Snap to the next token in scale, not raw pixels — a quiet differentiator.

    Plover Hexstrom
  11. Mar 28, 2026Research

    Surface-aware components: a layout-only contract

    Components describe layout. Color comes from context. The bridge is one CSS variable.

    Plover Hexstrom
  12. Mar 21, 2026Field

    The day the DAW vocabulary clicked

    Layers, tracks, beats. Why Aurora reads as a timeline, not a tween editor.

    Plover Hexstrom