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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?
I will grant that it is possible that AI-assisted coding will make people who are already software devs create their own tools more often. But not the vibe coding thing, no.
No, because vibe coded apps break. And if you are not someone who can write your own tools without vibe coding, you'll hit a wall and stop doing it when they break on you. FWIW, even the link you got your inspiration from is not actually a single HTML page, it is a full node server with a front-end framework... that happens to only output a single HTML page. I will grant that it is possible that AI-assisted coding wi…
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.
I’ve vibe coded a few little tools like this, but because of the lack of real investment, they don’t stick around like the ones I make myself.
Last but not least, it's delusional to think that a web site can replace an efficient and well tested CLI tool. It's the same issue with those who believe that we will all self-host in the future.
I want this to be true, but I think a big limiter is patchy support for things like a file system API as well as some special rules that place extra restrictions on HTML files versus webpages served over HTTPS. I have not tried it in a long time but I remember not being able to access things like the location API or the microphone via local file. This puts local files at a disadvantage over web applications. If anyon…
I want this to be true, but I think a big limiter is patchy support for things like a file system API as well as some special rules that place extra restrictions on HTML files versus webpages served over HTTPS. I have not tried it in a long time but I remember not being able to access things like the location API or the microphone via local file. This puts local files at a disadvantage over web applications. If anyon…
You could still put your single file on a web server.
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You could still put your single file on a web server.
You could, but I wouldn’t call that a self-contained HTML app anymore. It requires a server, SSL certs, uploads, continued hosting even at rest (unlike a file on local storage media).