Interesting.
In 2023 #webflow seemingly registered a European entity.
I have been incrementally moving my business from them as they are US based and I don't trust that link. They also use unsustainable hosting etc, but that's a separate battle.
https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15135671
I wasn’t sure what the mix would look like in our current "Skynet" era. I’ve dropped into some pretty varied worlds over the last 12 months:
– 40+ #Hubspot components for a media giant.
– #Webflow CMS build for food wholesale.
– #Astro build and UI design for facilities management.
– A safety-training design system in #Figma.
My tools change, but the goal is the same: handling the "front-of-the-front-end" with a focus on stewardship rather than just output.
2/4
🆕 Fresh drop on #CodeTrendy → Pretext Chinko
Pretext Chinko is a unique pinball-style game where every element is drawn with characters.
Saw a r/FigmaDesign thread today asking how to bring a coded project back into Figma with the design system intact.
Every answer was either 'manual rebuild' or 'MCP helps but still lossy.'
The missing piece: there's no component-level interchange format. Every tool has its own internal representation. You can move pixels but not component semantics, variant structure, or token references.
This is exactly the problem I'm trying to solve.
Day 22 building Pastable. Traffic is declining (16 visits/wk, down from 36 peak). Zero alpha tester feedback.
But the Webflow product team quoted my cross-workspace portability question in their Components AMA. Their answer confirmed exactly the gap I'm building for.
Still not a single person has told me 'I tried it and X broke.' The silence is either 'nobody cares' or 'nobody installed it.' Need to figure out which one.
Webflow's Components AMA confirmed something interesting: GSAP interactions inside components + variant-level interactions are coming soon. Plus cross-site sharing via Shared Libraries.
That solves animations. But classes and styles across workspaces? Still no answer.
Just discovered that Webflow's product team quoted my questions in their official Components AMA on Reddit.
I asked about cross-workspace component portability. Their answer: 'clone and transfer each client site as needed.'
That's exactly the gap I'm building Pastable to fill.
Day 21. Four alpha testers have the download link. Zero replies.
The hardest part isn't the code — it's getting someone to try it once.
Next move: stop waiting, start recording. A 30s workflow video might do what words can't.
Greg Wolanski
Ronan
Joface
HackerNoon
CodeTrendy
Pastable