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Ask HN: your one-off HTML applet tailored to personal use?
2 xeonmc 1 5/6/2025, 2:00:01 PM
I recently had to frequently log stuff with my phone while outside, so I wrote a ~30 line HTML form that is just an input box and three buttons (Timestamp/Newline/Clear) that lets me quickly log a message.
Turns out that making it into an offline PWA is just a matter of adding a short manifest and a sw.js for cache requests, and two lines of localStorage for persistence, so now I have a trusty app on my phone that’s the digital equivalent of a carpenter’s self-crafted ugly-but-works shop tool.
It felt good that hand-rolling a barebones HTML app is actually so easy, giving me a new appreciation for the webstack if you don’t overcomplicate it into a car made from Legos.
What are some of your tailored-for-personal-use hacky toolets that leverages a minimal use of vanilla webstack?
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4684499 · 1h ago
I once needed to play three videos simultaneously to find an easter egg hidden in them. As I'm not familiar with video editing and don't have any professional tools, I ended up embedding three videos using a dozen of lines of HTML with basic controls and some dirty CSS tricks using devtools to uncover the message.