Storybook

Raised as a usability problem by 10 people on Hacker News over 5 years (2020–2024), in 4 threads.

People raised many different problems with Storybook, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 10 complaints

Configuring component args and types in Storybook causes glitches and a painful setup2024-03-14
Having to configure Storybook to work with existing bundler toolchain is frustrating2024-03-13
Too complex to set up; user has no idea how it works and never touches it2022-11-21
Tool is too complex and hard to understand for users2021-09-12
Single-key shortcuts toggle the sidebar while typing in an input field2021-09-12
Found the tool confusing and its documentation incomplete2021-09-11
Sidebar vanishes on pressing S with no visible way to reopen it2021-09-11
Documentation mixes JSX, interpolated strings and markdown, confusing and conflicting2021-09-11
Unclear what the Canvas and Docs tabs are for and why both show at once2021-09-11
Setup instructions fail; npx sb init doesn't work and install steps are unclear for beginners2020-08-12