Vercel engineer shuding reimagines UI as complex-valued functions: viewport 720+42i px
shuding · x · 2026-10-27
Vercel engineer shuding kicks off a thread exploring UI props as complex numbers — e.g. a viewport width of 720 + 42i px. The imaginary part acts as a hidden third dimension for motion design (elements lift, shadows grow, then settle) without redefining UI code. He analogizes Riemann bringing complex numbers to the zeta function: breakpoints become poles above the real line, and walking around one makes cards lift and land.
Related event: Vercel's The Calculus of Interfaces Compiles React UI into Math Functions(11 posts)→
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