Why Nest?

why an experimental website builder?

layout engines have gotten more advanced

why not more experimentation? like a DSL for programming languages

CSS is advanced enough we can use a subset

we can also provide escape hatches

feeling of solidity

why a list

absolutely positioning (as in whiteboard apps, sprout) dificult on different screen sizes

a lot of things (like documents) work better as lists

Partly possible because basic utility of a text editor is handled (by TipTap)

inspiration

notion

notebooks (jupyter, observable)

react components

spreadsheets (navigation around cells)

geoffrey litt’s work

outliners (workflowy, roam reasearch, emacs)