Devlog: Anti-Style Blogging and Magazine Framework v0.9

June 27, 2025

Alright, here we are—version 0.9 of the Anti-Style framework. Still deep in the trenches, still very much under active development. Version 0.9.1 is coming within the next two weeks.

This thing is evolving live shaped directly by interaction by the readers of HOUDINI Magazine. And if you don't already know, HOUDINI Magazine is one of the most trafficked sites on Neocities right now, which makes Anti-Style the backbone of a real-world, trial-by-fire test environment. That's the point. You're not downloading some dead framework. This is a living system that is being actively tested under pressure, as HOUDINI Magazine improves, so does the framework that powers it.

What's Being Worked On:

- Mobile layout fixes – viewport issues, layout breakage, especially in longform posts.    
- iFrame and embed handling – we're working on improving YouTube embeds and reducing bugginess.    
-  Gallery & banner support – more robust image handling, particularly banner styles that sometimes break depending on the layout.    
- Theme pruning – the fun, goofy one-off themes like the Nintendo DS variants may be deprecated or moved to a  legacy folder. The focus will shift to maintaining three core themes that are clean, flexible, and reliable. The goal is to have these 3 themes provide a solid base, like 3 primary colors.
- Base theme – making this stronger and easier to navigate out of the box.    
- Code documentation – improving comments, better structure, more developer-friendly for people jumping into the framework cold.    

If you're using the Anti-Style framework already—thank you. You're part of the feedback loop, I really appreciate any comments and feedback on using the software. You're part of the experiment. You're the reason this thing is getting better. This is not the final release. This is a working edition, and we are iterating fast.

If all goes according to plan, you'll be seeing version 0.9.1 by July 14.