What Cotomy Tries to Solve
Structural problems in long-lived business UI systems and why Cotomy exists.
Cotomy Blog
Notes on building a DOM-first UI runtime for long-lived business applications.
Start Here
New to Cotomy? Start with the core problem, the design philosophy, and the runtime behavior.
Cotomy Design Philosophy
The architectural decisions behind a DOM-first UI runtime.
How Cotomy Works
Usage-focused articles showing how the runtime behaves in real screens.
Recent Writing
The latest entries across the Cotomy blog.
Core Principle
Navigating from Search Results to Detail Screens with Cotomy
A practical guide to moving from server-rendered search results to detail or edit screens with Cotomy while keeping list ownership, navigation, and edit lifecycle boundaries clear.
Release Note
Cotomy v2.0.4
Patch release that improves CotomyElement scoped CSS auto-prefixing when scoped CSS is written without an explicit root placeholder.
Core Principle
Building Search Screens with Cotomy
A practical guide to the search-screen baseline I usually use with Cotomy, using server-rendered results, URL query state, and clear navigation to detail screens.
Release Note
Cotomy v2.0.3
Patch release that completes bind type renderer lookup fixes and keeps custom bind type matching case-insensitive.
Core Principle
Handling Validation and Error Display with Cotomy
A practical guide to field validation, submit errors, and API failures while keeping Cotomy screens in one clear flow.
Small-Team Development Without Losing Continuity
In teams of one to three people, continuity depends less on role separation and more on shared understanding, document granularity, and records that let the work be handed over when necessary.
Series
Explore the Cotomy Series. View all series →
Cotomy Problem Series
Structural problems in web application development and the architectural ideas that led to Cotomy.
Cotomy Design Series
Articles discussing architectural decisions and design philosophy behind Cotomy.
Cotomy Practical Series
Practical guides for building screens and workflows with Cotomy.
Cotomy Development Backstory
Development stories and architectural turning points behind Cotomy.
Cotomy Usage Series
Usage-focused articles showing how Cotomy APIs behave in real screens.
Cotomy C# Architecture Series
Articles about C# architecture decisions connected to long-lived business systems.
Razor Pages Templates Series
Release and usage articles for the Cotomy Razor Pages project templates.
Misc Series
Essays, industry observations, and development experiences across software work.
Release Notes
Version history and release updates for Cotomy.
Release Note
Cotomy v2.0.4
Patch release that improves CotomyElement scoped CSS auto-prefixing when scoped CSS is written without an explicit root placeholder.
Release Note
Cotomy v2.0.3
Patch release that completes bind type renderer lookup fixes and keeps custom bind type matching case-insensitive.
Release Note
Cotomy v2.0.0
Major release that aligns Cotomy with TypeScript 6, followed by a small v2.0.1 documentation update.
Release Note
Cotomy v1.0.5
Patch release that simplifies default bind generator state handling and refreshes release-note references.
Release Note
Cotomy v1.0.4
Patch release adding page-level default bind name generator support.
Release Note
Cotomy v1.0.3
Patch release restoring attached semantics and adding isConnected support in runtime behavior.
