If you're going to duplicate Svbtle, part of that is understanding the Dustin Curtis™ way of thinking. Simple, uncluttered, straightforward. This is just an absolute hackjob with a layer of paint to give the illusion of Svbtle. The essence is not there.
The simple, uncluttered thing (which, let's face it, Curtis is hardly the first to think of...) is the design. Who knows what the code for Svbtle is like?
It's not like Dustin claimed to be the first to think of an uncluttered design. He did put a lot of effort into making it work, and look really good though. (You probably know what I mean if you've tried to visually simplify something while enhancing its functionality!)
Look at the Gemfile, which was committed as a conflicted file.
https://raw.github.com/iamues/Simvla-Network/c316e42ad85dcb1...
If you're going to duplicate Svbtle, part of that is understanding the Dustin Curtis™ way of thinking. Simple, uncluttered, straightforward. This is just an absolute hackjob with a layer of paint to give the illusion of Svbtle. The essence is not there.