What Nikita Prokopov thinks about software quality

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Programmer and designer who writes at tonsky.me; author of Fira Code, DataScript and AnyBar.

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1. 13 Jun 2026

   Our readingPolished UI is a reasonable signal that a team invested comparable effort in the underlying code quality.

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   Their wordsUsers can't see the code, so UI is the only way for them to judge the quality of the app. If UI looks good, that means developers had time to polish it, which means that they probably spent a comparable amount of time to iron out the code.

   ↗Every Frame Perfecttonsky.me