Renaissance Architecture

bencium/bencium-claude-code-design-skill

This is less about React versus Vue and more about whether you're building a commentary on someone else's idea or actually creating something new. It pushes you toward first principles thinking when architecting features, with practical guidelines on when to add complexity (SQLite to Postgres at 10+ concurrent writers, monolith to services when teams can't share a codebase). The UI/UX section is equally opinionated: visible state, no layout shifts, undo at the data layer not just the interface. Use it when you're in the "what should we build" phase or reviewing designs that feel derivative. The framework comparison tables alone are worth keeping around.

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last updated: Jun 3, 2026

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$ npx -y skills add bencium/bencium-claude-code-design-skill --skill renaissance-architecture --agent claude-code

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Renaissance Architecture

Build genuinely new things. Not "X but for Y."

Core Philosophy

The problem isn't modern tools. It's building commentaries instead of creations.

Medieval scholars wrote commentaries on Aristotle instead of new philosophy. We build Star Wars spin-offs instead of new sci-fi. We add AI to existing workflows instead of asking what workflows become possible.

Renaissance architecture means: