A vibe-coded timeline packs 42 years of Mac buttons into one control
Designer Cole Derochie used Astra and a Figma reference to build 11 interactive styles, then corrected the chronology in public.
By Ryan Merket · Published
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Why it matters
Derochie's project shows how AI coding can turn design research into working software quickly, while its public corrections expose the verification work that generated code does not remove.
Cole Derochie (@colderoshay) published an interactive history of the Mac button on September 20th, compressing interface styles from 1984 through 2026 into a control that changes as users move along a timeline.
https://x.com/colderoshay/status/2101679582734872751
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