Rebuilt the UI for my AppsScript tools directory — which one do you actually prefer?
So I've been working on AppsScript Tools for a while now — it's a community directory of extensions, libraries, boilerplates, and dev tooling for Google Apps Script. Started it because I genuinely couldn't find a single place that listed everything useful in one spot.
The site has been live for a while and has thousands of visitors coming every month, which is honestly wild to me. At that point I figured — if people are actually using this thing, it probably deserves a proper UI.
So I did a full redesign. Used Claude to generate the new design — described what I wanted, iterated a few times, and landed on something I genuinely liked. Curious if that shows lol.
Old UI — grid-heavy, icon-focused, clean card layout. Very visual.
New UI — sidebar + editorial layout, think "Product Hunt meets a dev docs site". More metadata (views, stars, timestamps), collections, editor's picks, etc.
My concern with the new one is it might feel too polished for something that's supposed to feel community-built and scrappy. But the old one doesn't scale great as the directory grows.
Curious what you all think — especially if you've visited before. Does the new layout make it easier to find tools, or does it feel like overkill?
Also open to roasting either one lol, I can take it.