ReactUI - UI Components

• Build components that are accessible out of the box — no extra work needed.
• Make every component customizable through Tailwind classes, not config objects.
• Create documentation that shows live examples with copy-paste code.
• Keep the API surface small — each component should do one thing well.

Started with Radix UI as the foundation for accessibility, then wrapped each primitive in a styled component using Tailwind. Built a documentation site with live previews using a custom MDX setup. Each component went through a cycle: build, test with screen readers, document, then ship.

• Challenge:

  Radix UI's compound component pattern needed a wrapper API that felt familiar to developers used to Material UI.

  Solution:

  Created thin wrapper components that expose a simplified prop API while delegating accessibility to Radix underneath.

• Challenge:

  Ensuring every component passed axe accessibility checks without adding excessive ARIA attributes.

  Solution:

  Automated accessibility testing with axe-core in the CI pipeline — any component that fails can't be merged.

• Challenge:

  Writing documentation that's useful — most component library docs are either too minimal or overwhelming.

  Solution:

  Built a live playground for each component where users can toggle props and see the result immediately.

• Accessibility is mostly free when you build on Radix UI — the hard work is already done in the primitives.
• Component APIs should be opinionated at first, then extensible — not the other way around.
• Documentation is a product, not an afterthought — invest in it like you invest in the code.