Found the UI Mockup Tool I was looking for

Brendan Patterson

21 Jan 2025 — 1 min read

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Creating software without first creating a mockup is literal insanity. I like Balsamiq Mockups (and it is a good value) - straight forward, intuitive, clever, and easy to use.

However restarting on my own means saving my pennies for coffee and the few I have to now spend using Deepseek.

I checked out Figma and of course its the do-it-all tool, but for simple fast mockups it is primitive, hard to use and lacks features. For instance you cannot just create a table! Again....insanity.

Anyway after looking at another half dozen tools I found this perfect open source solution for a fast, easy, simple mockup tool:

https://mydraft.cc/

Victory!

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Better App Icons for joy

FINALLY voice transcription that works

Vibe coding has arrived The train is starting to pull away from the station, but there is plenty of room!

I'm back