Alright, let’s talk about getting through ‘meet the carters 14’. This was the fourteenth step, or maybe iteration, I was working on for this personal thing I’ve got going on. Honestly, after number 13, I thought I had a decent handle on it, but 14 threw a few curveballs.
Getting Started
So, I kicked things off by just revisiting where I left off with version 13. It worked, yeah, but it felt a bit… stiff? Lacking something. My first move was grabbing a notepad. Did some really basic sketches, trying to visualize how I wanted this next part to feel. Nothing fancy, just getting ideas out of my head and onto paper.
Then, I moved over to the actual setup. Pulled up the files from the previous version. My goal was clear: make it flow better, make it feel a bit more dynamic. Easier said than done, usually.
The Main Grind
Most of my time went into fiddling with the sequence and timing. You know how it is, you want something to move or transition smoothly, but getting that exact feel takes ages. I remember specifically spending a lot of time adjusting how elements appeared and disappeared.
- Tried making things fade in gently. Looked okay.
- Then tried a slide-in effect. A bit too jarring.
- Went back to fading, but played with the speed. Faster? Slower?
It’s a lot of trial and error. Change a value, run it. Change it again, run it again. Felt like I did that a hundred times. Getting the rhythm right was key for this part.
Hitting a Wall
Naturally, things didn’t all go smoothly. I ran into a pretty annoying issue where the layout would just break completely on narrower screens. Like, totally unusable. Everything overlapped, text went off the edge. It was a mess. I thought I had the responsive stuff sorted earlier, but apparently not for this new sequence. That was a real headache. Probably lost half a day just trying to figure that out, undoing stuff, trying different ways to structure the containers.
Figuring It Out
Eventually, I sort of stumbled onto a fix. It wasn’t elegant, not really. More like a workaround. I basically had to simplify the structure significantly for smaller views. Less complex animations, simpler positioning. It wasn’t my initial vision, but hey, it worked. Sometimes you just gotta accept limitations and find a practical path forward. Taking a break, grabbing coffee, and coming back seemed to help clear my head too.
Wrapping Up Number 14
So, yeah. Got ‘meet the carters 14’ buttoned up. It’s definitely an improvement over 13, especially the flow. And it doesn’t break on small screens anymore, which is a huge plus. It’s not perfect, I can still see things I might tweak later, but for now? It’s done. Feels good to have this stage finished. Now I can actually think about what’s next for number 15.
