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title: "Interview with Geoff Kimball of ZURB Foundation | Netlify"
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source: "https://www.netlify.com/blog/2016/03/03/interview-with-geoff-kimball-of-zurb-foundation/"
last_updated: "2026-08-05T05:02:25.000Z"
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Foundation hit the scene in 2011 when interaction design company ZURB decided to create a responsive frontend framework for development.

Fast forward to today, and one open-source project is now three: Foundation for Sites, Foundation for Apps, and Foundation for Email. With the release of Foundation 6 and the static site generator Panini, ZURB designer Geoff Kimball presented the new iteration at the [Static Web Tech Meetup](http://www.meetup.com/sf-static-web-tech/), and took time to talk to Netlify about his preference for streamlining the build process, Gulp vs. Grunt, and the problem with following the zeitgeist.

> Small tools become annoying when you have to glue them all together

> The node ecosystem likes to move around a lot. People like to look at the new ideas and say that the old ideas are bad

_The [Static Web Tech Meetup](http://www.meetup.com/sf-static-web-tech/) is a monthly gathering of developers and tech forward-thinkers who want to learn and share their insight about the technology that will power tomorrow’s internet. Join us at our next event by connecting with us on [Meetup](http://www.meetup.com/sf-static-web-tech/)!_

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