# Getting to the source

DevFeed: [Getting to the source](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/getting-to-the-source-9205.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://webflowmarketingmain.com/blog/getting-to-the-source>)

Author: Ben Haefele

Published: 2026-07-28T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Webflow Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/webflow-blog.md>)

Topics: [webflow](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/webflow.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>), [Compiler](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/compiler.md>), [CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/css.md>), [HTML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/html.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [css](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css.md>), [design-tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design-tools.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [html](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/html.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>), [webflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/webflow.md>)

## AI overview

Webflow explains why its original visual design workflow did not provide a direct connection to the published web artifact. Its internal representation was compiled into generated HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, creating a gap between what creators designed and the code that shipped. The article presents moving toward a workflow where the designed artifact and source code are more directly connected.

## Source excerpt

What you design and what ships should be the same thing. Here's why that finally became possible.