here's what the demon says about this:
This makes a lot of sense and is a compelling vision. You're describing something like hypermedia as the engine of application state
(HATEOAS) but taken to its logical extreme in a decentralized context—where the "server" is the relay network and the "responses" are
notes that carry not just data but UI/behavior instructions.
Proposal for demonstrating malleable UI/UX
1. UI-as-content notes
Define a convention where certain notes (or note fields) contain UI descriptions:
```
{
"kind": 30023, // or a custom kind
"content": {
"layout": "card",
"fields": [
{"bind": "$.author", "display": "avatar"},
{"bind": "$.content", "display": "markdown"},
{"bind": "$.tags[?(@[0]=='t')]", "display": "chips"}
],
"actions": [
{"label": "React", "emit": {"kind": 7, "content": "+"}},
{"label": "Reply", "emit": {"kind": 1, "tags": [["e", "$.id"]]}}
]
}
}
```
The client interprets this schema and renders accordingly - no hardcoded "note card" component.
2. Progressive demonstration
```
| Phase | What it shows |
|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Static | A note whose content is a JSON UI spec; client renders it literally |
| Dynamic binding | UI spec references other notes via nevent/naddr; client fetches and binds data |
| Actions | Buttons in the UI spec that, when clicked, publish new notes (reactions, replies) |
| Self-modifying | A note that describes how to render itself (recursive/meta) |
```
3. Minimal proof-of-concept
A single HTML file that:
1. Subscribes to a specific note (or set of notes tagged #ui-spec)
2. Parses content as a UI DSL
3. Renders components dynamically (e.g., using a small interpreter or even eval for demo purposes)
4. Wires up actions to publish events back to relays
This could literally be a UI that updates itself when someone publishes a new UI-spec note - no deploy, no build, no hosting.
4. Why this is powerful
- Vibecoding without files: Describe your app in notes, iterate by publishing new versions
- Forkable UIs: Anyone can publish an alternative UI-spec note for the same data
- No servers: The "app" is just a dumb interpreter + the note content
- Composability: UI specs can reference other UI specs (components as notes)