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Caspian Ievers
Replying to @romiojoseph

Same setup as Webflow. Ok, in theory you can export your html but I can’t imagine why you’d want to. The reason it works is because most of us can’t be arsed with the whole separation between dev and hosting, and even design (Figma/Sketch). It’s no code for a reason.

Florian
Replying to @caspianievers @romiojoseph

Agree about the separation… but no code? How about visual interface that is built on a super code foundation that is always open to you cracking it open to code as much as you like?

Caspian Ievers
Replying to @ffangohr @romiojoseph

For code lovers that sounds epic. Like a superpower. But for me I’m getting flashbacks to Dreamweaver 😜

Florian
Replying to @caspianievers @romiojoseph

The Dreamweaver interface was awful and the code output was a curse for the web for years to come. If I look at framer it’s the opposite. Are you commenting on new people being enabled to make websites?

Alex
Replying to @romiojoseph

The cynic in me says the lock in is probably intentional

Romio
Replying to @alexb

This is the only response I found that's not a template.

Florian
Replying to @romiojoseph

I’ll try. Framer doesn’t have a pattern of deceit. They do things right. It’s not a small lift to add export and they might be waiting for upgrades to the CMS before they get this out. How many years has it been since iPad calc came out? 24 theme for good software: patience. ;)

Romio
Replying to @ffangohr

Guess I'll need to be patient then...

Jack Hughes
Replying to @romiojoseph

Every time Framer has pivoted (are we up to 4 now?) its previous offering gets canned. It's that reason I can't justify getting involved in their tools and the original comment context only goes to validate that sentiment further.

Romio
Replying to @jack_os

Yeah, they pivoted enough to find the PMF. This, I don't feel like they'll abandon. My only concern is about the vendor lock-in.

jedmund
Replying to @romiojoseph

Don't build your livelihood on tools that want to lock you in

Romio
Replying to @jedmund

I share the same thought.