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New comment by meistertigran in "Useful patterns for building HTML tools"

meistertigran — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 12:36:07 +0000

I am not familiar with it, but I was thinking about making an open source version of this, but using webRTC, to just directly allow peer-to-peer synchronization without a centralized server.

In this type of scenario there are a lot considerations to be made though, specifically since you can't use CRDT's to handle concurrent updates on the data you have to either 1) not allow offline use of the apps, 2) create a merge conflict resolving interface or 3) just overwrite all changes with the latest one.

Idk if people would be interested in this and I haven't been using my HTML tools for a while now, so it's just an idea, maybe someone else wants to work on.

New comment by meistertigran in "Useful patterns for building HTML tools"

meistertigran — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 21:25:31 +0000

I was also heavy on these single-file HTML tools. My problem was not being able to sync the localstorage data between PC and smartphone. I made a paid service which did that automatically. It didn't take off unfortunately, and I am keeping it on maintenance mode because it has some amount of free users that rely on it.

For anyone interested, to achieve synchronization I basically just use the https://github.com/google/diff-match-patch lib and save the patches in a db for each version with a version id. Then there's a generic JS file that I inject to uploaded HTML files that monkey patches the localstorage methods and optimistically updates the localstorage at the same time sending the diff to the server to save to the db.

New comment by meistertigran in "Bionic Reading Font"

meistertigran — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 09:31:40 +0000

It's not about speed for me. Reading faster forces me to focus, while my mind wanders off when I read slowly.

I read fast and then stop to think about it.

Bionic Reading Font

meistertigran — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 19:32:44 +0000

Article URL: https://github.com/Born2Root/Fast-Font

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45202508

Points: 4

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New comment by meistertigran in "My startup banking story (2023)"

meistertigran — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 21:52:40 +0000

What I took from this is that you have a really engaging writing style. Was interesting to read from start to finish.

New comment by meistertigran in "Web apps in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HTML file"

meistertigran — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:56:14 +0000

Thanks! Pretty much, yes. Also if you are a dev and just don't want to spin up a server for every simple app you vibe code, you could find this useful.

To be honest, I wanted this for myself and felt guilty not making something more serious out of it since I liked the idea.

New comment by meistertigran in "Web apps in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HTML file"

meistertigran — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:36:25 +0000

So like, Obsidian, but for HTML?

The file itself provides both the dynamic functionality and data storage, but you need an engine (like obsidian) to make the data persistence and dynamic parts work together. I.e. if there is a button that adds a task to a todo app, your engine modifies the HTML file with the new content.

New comment by meistertigran in "Ask HN: Are vibe-coded self-contained HTML apps the future of personal tools?"

meistertigran — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 15:25:19 +0000

I share your opinion about the quality of vibe coded apps. It's definitely not something you can pull off with 0 programming knowledge at this moment. I don't know how the quality of LLM written code will change in the future, but I do believe a lot of custom apps that basically just store and display data can already be easily one-shotted.

The more complex the app becomes, the harder it will be to maintain it with vibe coding. Personally I have chosen to just create specialed apps, that do one thing well, to avoid that complexity.

Ask HN: Are vibe-coded self-contained HTML apps the future of personal tools?

meistertigran — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:46:46 +0000

I came across this post today - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44937991 and also myself created https://htmlsync.io and wonder if there are other people who now choose to use vibe-coded self-contained HTML apps to replace other personal tools they were using.

Do you think these self-contained HTML apps in one form or another are going to replace most personal tools?

If not, what do you think is the big limiter?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44941221

Points: 4

# Comments: 8

New comment by meistertigran in "Web apps in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HTML file"

meistertigran — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:34:47 +0000

You don't get localStorage persistence though.

New comment by meistertigran in "Web apps in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HTML file"

meistertigran — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:31:37 +0000

I had the same problem, regarding localStorage synchronization. For that I made htmlsync.io, but only really worth it for people who have many local apps like that and really need the localStorage sync.

New comment by meistertigran in "Web apps in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HTML file"

meistertigran — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:29:41 +0000

You can do that with htmlsync.io

New comment by meistertigran in "Web apps in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HTML file"

meistertigran — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:27:36 +0000

To be completely honest, I don't see how this is more useful than adding a sync layer to localStorage. I did make a service that does that at htmlsync.io and am genuinely curious how this solution is better.

New comment by meistertigran in "Web apps in a single, portable, self-updating, vanilla HTML file"

meistertigran — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 14:22:08 +0000

This is really cool. About to try it out!

I build something along those lines as well. My problem was that I couldn't synchronize localStorage data, so I made htmlsync.io.

New comment by meistertigran in "Launch HN: Golpo (YC S25) – AI-generated explainer videos"

meistertigran — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 22:12:25 +0000

Can you share the paper mentioned in the demo video?

New comment by meistertigran in "Claude Code is all you need"

meistertigran — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 18:36:15 +0000

I have been doing something very simillar!

Instead of giving it a VPS, I just made a tool that allows synchronization of localStorage data.

I now just upload the HTML it generates and have an app instantly.

New comment by meistertigran in "I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file"

meistertigran — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 18:29:55 +0000

Org mode is nice, but ultimately you are adapting someone else's approach. The best is making your own, for which you know all features and which works exactly as you want it to work.

New comment by meistertigran in "I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file"

meistertigran — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 18:27:07 +0000

This is accurate. It's about having something that works with your specific personality type.

That's why I personally just give some instructions to an LLM and create a simple scrapy HTML app that does exactly what I need.

New comment by meistertigran in "I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file"

meistertigran — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 18:23:53 +0000

I think the key point here is that you made a solution for yourself. If you would've finished the one you started, you would've known all it's features and could've customized it to your liking. Personally I just use AI to spin up a quick HTML file that solves any personal productivity needs I have.

Show HN: I made this Markdown journaling app you can use in the browser for free