🤣Emoji-UI

What is Emoji-UI? A Retro, Emoji-Powered Twist on NEXT-static

Hey builders (and fellow mischief-makers)! 👋

After diving into NEXT-static and NEXT-blog, here's a little side project that's pure fun: Emoji-UI.

Emoji-UI is basically NEXT-static with a playful, retro-inspired makeover. It keeps the same core philosophy—lean Radix primitives, minimal defaults, super compact spacing, and my beloved subcomponents-as-props pattern—but adds a cheeky twist:

• Retro aesthetic all the way: think vaporwave vibes meets early-2000s Geocities charm. Soft gradients, pixel-ish borders, bold type, and that nostalgic CRT glow feel (without actually being slow).
• No icons—only emojis 🚀✨👻 Instead of SVG icons or icon fonts, every button, badge, alert, nav item, and decorative element uses plain old Unicode emojis.
  Why? Because emojis are lightweight, universally supported, instantly recognizable, and hilariously expressive. Plus, they make everything feel a bit more alive and less corporate.

Examples of the spirit:

• A submit button might look like: Send 📤
• Success alert: Victory! 🏆✨
• Warning: Uh-oh ⚠️🔥
• Dark mode toggle: 🌙 / ☀️

This is 100% me goofing off. No serious roadmap, no production pressure—just a sandbox to experiment, laugh, and keep the White Witch happy! 🧙‍♀️✨ (Because a happy witch means better magic, right?)

It still exports perfectly static via Next.js, runs on GitHub Pages with zero fuss, and inherits all the compactness and control of NEXT-static. You can swap in your own emoji sets, tweak the retro palette, or crank the nostalgia to 11.