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Last week, we released the 2.0 version of our shadcn/ui kit. We kept our kit simple, while still supporting all shadcn/ui features you can think of. We’re also providing the most generous free shadcn/ui community file on the market. Read the why behind our decisions in this post.

A curated collection of tech reading recommendations for your holiday.

40 days in, we look at how the Obra Figma shadcn/ui kit is doing.

We're continuing the releases of our pro kit with 1.8.0. The main feature: much tighter alignment with shadcn/ui and a code export plugin.

A short note on the commercial re-release of our shadcn/ui kit.

This year, our attention is on communicating what's going on via the Obra newsletter.

We're launching a new sprint-based offering to customize our shadcn/ui kit.

As the new year is well underway, some teams might be looking to start or revamp their design system. Obra founder Johan takes a look at different paths teams can take to get to better design. In this blog post, we provide five ideas to take your design system further.

An article about why GitHub no longer uses toasts has been making rounds on the internet. In this article, we delve into what their arguments are, and whether their alternative makes sense.

Besides our main blog, we run very specific blogs that are a bit more niche, and likely only of interest if you are into Figma or Shadcn/ui. Read on to find out more.

We’ve been loving wireflows as a way to keep the team on the same page. Wireflows connect user stories with wireframes. In this blog post we explain how it works and why wireflows are great.

A lot of accessibility work is technical and is fixable in front-end code, but when the source of that front-end is a design that is inaccessible, that's a problem. In this blog post, we show five tips to create accessible designs.

Not every team needs an elaborate design system — many small teams over-invest, mistaking process for progress. In this blog post, we give our three tips for value-adding design systems.

As a design studio, we primarily work on the design of software. But given the right type of project, we also work on our client's websites. In this blog post, we discuss what kind of websites we like to work on, and discuss two tech options: Framer and Craft CMS.

For a long time, we've been big believers in designers owning part of the front-end. Now, AI enables designers to do more. Inspired by Intercom's recent article about their 3-point framework for AI-driven design, here's Obra Studio's founder Johan's take.