The /sparks-joy page does not spark much joy
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Description
What we want
Give /sparks-joy a design pass, so that the page is as playful as the things it links to.
Why
The page is our shop window for the games and side projects, but it is one of the plainest pages on the site. Today src/pages/sparks-joy/index.tsx is a reader view with two accordions ("Games" and "Grab bag"), and each accordion holds a grid of icons and labels. There is no intro copy, no artwork, and nothing that tells you what each item is or why you must click it. A person who arrives from a link or from search gets a file list, not a play room.
Possible directions
Not prescriptive — the website team decides the design:
- A short intro that says what this page is.
- One line of copy per item, so that the names make sense before you click.
- Artwork or screenshots in place of, or in addition to, the small icons.
- More motion: hover, entrance, or a small surprise somewhere on the page.
- A layout that is less of a list and more of an arcade.
Notes
- All apps are resizable, so the result must work in a narrow window and a wide window, in light mode and dark mode.
- Raised in Slack: https://posthog.slack.com/archives/C01V9AT7DK4/p1789429855512199?thread_ts=1789429855.512199&cid=C01V9AT7DK4
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with src/pages/sparks-joy/index.tsx and review the existing Games and Grab bag accordions, their linked apps, and the site's established responsive and light/dark styling patterns. The design should make the page feel more playful while preserving the app links and working in narrow and wide windows in both themes; the specific visual direction needs agreement with the website team.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- design, frontend, web-dev
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100