Explain visually

Explain Visually

Create a human-facing HTML artifact that explains one idea through source-grounded copy, teaching diagrams, and browser-verified layout.

Workflow

1. Understand

• Read the source.
• Identify audience, core idea, moving parts, decisions, tradeoffs, and takeaway.
• Ground claims in source facts.
• Prefer concrete names, paths, commands, interfaces, examples, and observed behavior.
• Define jargon before using it.

2. Outline

Plan:

• core lesson
• why the old way fails
• new mental model
• how it works
• concrete example
• next action
• diagrams needed
• source facts used
• omissions

3. Build

• Create a responsive HTML explainer.
• Use Tailwind CSS via CDN.
• Use custom CSS only for fonts, theme tokens, diagrams, and small refinements.
• Use slide-like desktop sections and stacked mobile sections.
• Do not preserve fixed 16:9 on mobile.
• Use simple concrete titles.
• Use short explanatory copy.
• Use source-grounded statements, not slogans.
• Use SVG diagrams that teach the idea.
• Use responsive type, spacing, and visual hierarchy.
• Keep one idea per section.

4. Verify

Run browser-verify. Check desktop and mobile. Fix overflow, overlap, clipped text, unreadable scale, cramped spacing, and broken responsive layout.

Style

• Body/UI font: Bricolage Grotesque.
• Display font: Instrument Serif.
• Palette: warm paper, dark ink, muted rust, restrained teal.
• Hero title: prefer md:text-7xl; avoid lg:text-9xl unless very short.
• Split content before cramming.
• Mobile: natural-height sections, single-column grids, compact display type, readable text, fitted diagrams.
• SVG labels: use text-anchor, dominant-baseline, explicit font sizes, and enough padding.

Rules

• Explain, do not decorate.
• Teach before summarizing.
• First screen states the core lesson in plain language.
• Show at least one transformation: before/after, problem/solution, vague/clear, or hidden/visible.
• Give one reusable mental model.
• Include one concrete source example.
• End with the reader's next action.
• Use only source-supported factual claims.
• Center and contain diagram text.
• Do not use overflow: hidden to hide layout defects.
• The artifact fails if text overlaps, clips, or overflows.