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You at Microsoft don't use Microsoft's fast.design?

They at Microsoft don't use many of the stuff that we are supposed to use, e.g. see MAUI.

Also note, Shoelace was built by a Microsoft engineer, Cory LaViska. He left to work on Shoelace full-time[0] after it was acquired by FontAwesome.

[0]: https://blog.fontawesome.com/shoelace-joins-font-awesome/

We considered it, but Fast was missing some key components when we started building our web app.

This is nice and all, but when I see what the big companies do, I always have this cave-at in my head - "is this one of the teams with enough resources to boil the ocean?"

I.e. it's proof that Shoelace, in this case, is not inherently useless. But it's hard to get a hunch for how good it is to a mere non-corporate.

Gotta give props though, the apps site is fast and slick.

That's a fair point. Big companies do have the resources to go all out, but that doesn't always mean their solutions are the best fit for everyone. I think Shoelace is pretty neat because it's more approachable for folks who aren't part of those mega-teams.

Nice, that sounds like a good product! I will have a look. Thanks.