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Now *everyone* gets to build @astro sites like I do!
I've been using Google IDX as my exclusive development environment for two months, maintaining the Astro docs, working on my own websites, publishing the Astro blog... everything!
I wrote about what it's been like, and why having cloud IDEs is so important to me, and for our open-source community! 🚀
The result is a palette unique to Project IDX that covers all our needs, from 📝 syntax highlighting to ✅ SCM badges (added, modified, removed files) to 💜 product and feature logos (IDX AI) to 🎬 YouTube videos* and beyond!
To build and fine-tune the palette, I built a ⚙️ custom palette editor in React, inspired by some great work from Stripe [1], and powered by Material's new HCT color system [2] for 👁️ perceptive analysis and interpolation.
[1] https://stripe.com/blog/accessible-color-systems
[2] https://material.io/blog/science-of-color-design
A key goal was to come up with a core color palette that simultaneously felt:
💜 Bold enough for our unique visual identity and marketing content (http://idx.dev)
👩💻 Yet restrained enough for extensive, sustained use (hours per day) in a core editor experience…
Sarah Rainsberger
