<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Redevelop]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tearing down and rebuilding what you thought you knew about design, tech, AI, and business.]]></description><link>https://www.redevelop.ing</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xWzV!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8ebc626f-fdb3-49c9-b6d7-b3480438471b_1280x1280.png</url><title>Redevelop</title><link>https://www.redevelop.ing</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 07:12:01 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.redevelop.ing/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Eric Odom]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[redevelop@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[redevelop@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Eric Odom]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Eric Odom]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[redevelop@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[redevelop@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Eric Odom]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Framebrix: A Better Starting Point for Building on the Web]]></title><description><![CDATA[Templates, components, and resources made to be your starting point.]]></description><link>https://www.redevelop.ing/p/framebrix-a-better-starting-point</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.redevelop.ing/p/framebrix-a-better-starting-point</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Odom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 02:34:58 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/78c4773b-7454-475b-b5e6-9dcf6c1066e3_2000x1250.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve always liked the idea of starting with a blank canvas.</p><p>In reality, though, a blank canvas isn&#8217;t always where the best work begins.</p><p>Sometimes the hardest part of building a website isn&#8217;t the design itself. It&#8217;s everything that comes before it. Figuring out the structure. Deciding what goes where. Building the same foundational sections again. Setting up responsive layouts. Creating a design system. Making sure everything feels consistent before you even get to the interesting part.</p><p>That&#8217;s where <strong><a href="https://framebrix.com/">Framebrix</a></strong> comes in.</p><p>Framebrix is a collection of thoughtfully designed Framer resources built to give designers, creators, founders, and freelancers a stronger starting point.</p><p>Not a shortcut around good design.</p><p>A shortcut to it.</p><h2><strong>What Is Framebrix?</strong></h2><p>At its core, <a href="https://framebrix.com/">Framebrix</a> is about reusable building blocks for Framer.</p><p>Templates. Sections. Components. Layouts. Systems.</p><p>The pieces you need to take an idea from &#8220;I should build this&#8221; to something that actually exists on the web.</p><p>Instead of rebuilding common patterns every time you start a new project, Framebrix gives you a foundation you can take apart, customize, combine, and make your own.</p><p>That last part matters.</p><p>I don&#8217;t want Framebrix to become another collection of templates where you swap a logo, change three colors, replace the text, and call it a day.</p><p>The goal is to give you enough structure to move faster without making every website look like it came from the same template.</p><p>Think of it more like a box of digital building blocks.</p><p>You decide what gets built.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.redevelop.ing/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Redevelop! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h2><strong>Why I Built It</strong></h2><p>The more time I spent designing websites, the more I realized how much of the process gets repeated.</p><p>A new project might look completely different from the last one, but underneath it, I&#8217;m still solving many of the same problems.</p><p>Navigation.</p><p>Hero sections.</p><p>Pricing.</p><p>Features.</p><p>Calls to action.</p><p>Footers.</p><p>Responsive behavior.</p><p>Spacing.</p><p>Typography.</p><p>Content hierarchy.</p><p>There&#8217;s no reason every project needs to start from zero.</p><p>And as I&#8217;ve gotten deeper into Framer, I&#8217;ve become more interested in systems than individual pages.</p><p>How can something be designed once and reused intelligently?</p><p>How can I spend less time rebuilding the predictable parts and more time thinking about what actually makes a site interesting?</p><p>How can a good starting point make the final result better instead of just faster?</p><p>Framebrix grew out of those questions.</p><p>It&#8217;s essentially me taking the things I find useful in my own design process, refining them, and turning them into resources other people can build with.</p><h2><strong>It&#8217;s Not About Making Design Generic</strong></h2><p>There&#8217;s an obvious downside to templates.</p><p>You can usually tell when someone used one.</p><p>Same oversized headline.</p><p>Same floating cards.</p><p>Same gradient.</p><p>Same startup dashboard sitting inside a laptop mockup.</p><p>Same website with a different company name.</p><p>That isn&#8217;t what I want Framebrix to encourage.</p><p>A good template should give you structure without dictating the final result.</p><p>A good component should solve a problem without deciding your entire visual identity.</p><p>And a good system should make customization easier, not discourage it.</p><p>Framebrix is designed around that idea.</p><p>Use the whole thing.</p><p>Use one section.</p><p>Pull out a component.</p><p>Change everything.</p><p>Break it apart and rebuild it.</p><p>The resource is the starting point, not the finished product.</p><h2><strong>Who Framebrix Is For</strong></h2><p>Framebrix is for people who want to build better websites without making the process unnecessarily complicated.</p><p><strong>Designers</strong> can use it to speed up repetitive parts of client work and spend more time on the details that actually make a project unique.</p><p><strong>Freelancers</strong> can use it to create stronger workflows, especially when juggling multiple projects or working within tighter timelines.</p><p><strong>Founders</strong> can use it to get an idea online without needing to become professional designers before they can launch something that looks credible.</p><p><strong>Creators</strong> can use it to build polished homes for their work, products, newsletters, communities, and ideas.</p><p>And if you&#8217;re still learning Framer, Framebrix can also be something to take apart.</p><p>One of the best ways I&#8217;ve learned design and development tools is by opening something that already works and asking:</p><p><em>How did they build this?</em></p><p>Then changing it.</p><p>Breaking it.</p><p>Rebuilding it.</p><p>Making it mine.</p><p>I want Framebrix to be useful in that way too.</p><h2><strong>Built for Framer</strong></h2><p>There are a lot of website builders out there, but Framer has become the one I genuinely enjoy working in.</p><p>It hits an interesting middle ground.</p><p>It gives designers enough freedom to care about the details while making it possible to actually ship what they design.</p><p>That changes the relationship between designing and building.</p><p>You&#8217;re not creating something in one tool and hoping it survives the transition into another.</p><p>You&#8217;re building the actual thing.</p><p>Framebrix leans into that.</p><p>Everything is designed around the idea that modern websites should be easier to create, easier to customize, and easier to maintain without sacrificing personality.</p><h2><strong>More Than Templates</strong></h2><p>Templates will be part of Framebrix, but I don&#8217;t want the brand to stop there.</p><p>I see Framebrix as a growing library of resources around building for the modern web.</p><p>Some resources will help you start an entire website.</p><p>Others might solve one very specific problem.</p><p>Some will be complete systems.</p><p>Others might just be a small component that saves you 30 minutes the next time you need it.</p><p>That flexibility is intentional.</p><p>Not every project needs a massive design system.</p><p>Sometimes you just need a really good section.</p><h2><strong>Build Faster. Make It Yours.</strong></h2><p>There&#8217;s a strange idea in creative work that doing everything from scratch somehow makes the work more legitimate.</p><p>I don&#8217;t really believe that anymore.</p><p>We all build on something.</p><p>Fonts.</p><p>Frameworks.</p><p>Libraries.</p><p>Inspiration.</p><p>Design patterns.</p><p>Software.</p><p>Ideas we&#8217;ve picked up from other people.</p><p>The important part isn&#8217;t whether you started from absolute zero.</p><p>It&#8217;s what you do with the starting point.</p><p>That&#8217;s the philosophy behind Framebrix.</p><p>Give people better building blocks.</p><p>Make those blocks easy to work with.</p><p>Leave enough room for creativity.</p><p>And help more ideas make the jump from something sitting in your head to something people can actually visit, use, and experience.</p><p>That&#8217;s <a href="https://framebrix.com/">Framebrix.</a></p><p><strong>And it&#8217;s coming soon.</strong></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.redevelop.ing/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Redevelop! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome to Redevelop]]></title><description><![CDATA[Taking things apart to build them back better.]]></description><link>https://www.redevelop.ing/p/welcome-to-deeper-than-design</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.redevelop.ing/p/welcome-to-deeper-than-design</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Odom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2026 03:00:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4d88eb8d-a3c0-463e-9b85-255d69065d70_1546x966.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most of us spend our lives trying to find the perfect system, the perfect career, the perfect tool, or the perfect version of ourselves.</p><p>I&#8217;m starting to believe that&#8217;s the wrong goal.</p><p>The better goal is to keep redeveloping.</p><p>That&#8217;s what this newsletter is about.</p><p>Not becoming an expert with all the answers. Not pretending to have life figured out. Just staying curious enough to keep learning, building, and improving.</p><p>I&#8217;m a designer, developer, business owner, veteran, and lifelong student. Every chapter of my life has required me to start over, learn new skills, and rethink what I thought I knew. Somewhere along the way, I realized that growth isn&#8217;t a destination. It&#8217;s a habit.</p><p>Here you&#8217;ll find ideas on design, software, AI, digital business, creativity, and personal growth. Sometimes we&#8217;ll break down tools. Sometimes we&#8217;ll explore mindset. Sometimes we&#8217;ll simply chase an interesting question together.</p><p>If there&#8217;s one theme you&#8217;ll notice, it&#8217;s this:</p><h4><strong>Everything can be redeveloped.</strong></h4><p>Your skills.</p><p>Your business.</p><p>Your habits.</p><p>Your thinking.</p><p>Even your definition of success.</p><p>I don&#8217;t write from the perspective of someone standing at the finish line. I write as someone who&#8217;s still walking the path, sharing what I&#8217;m learning as I go.</p><p>If that sounds like the kind of journey you want to be part of, you&#8217;re in the right place.</p><p>Let&#8217;s redevelop what&#8217;s possible.</p><p>Thanks for reading Redevelop! </p><p>Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>