I think a couple of days ago I stumbled upon your editor in corp Google intranets when I was looking for internal tool to pretty print some json, small world :)
Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL
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Re: Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL
#72I really like this from a privacy point of view. So much so that I'm thinking about adding a purely URL-storage solution as an option in my https://kraa.io editor.
From a privacy point of view how is it any better than just using a local, native text editor?
From purely privacy point of view it’s not. But if you also want markdown features, custom typography and easy sharing, this starts to make more sense.
Re: Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL
#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
Typos and URL mangles are common though, and I'd still have no way to confirm if it got logged in that case. It's out of scope for anything in the github source, and instead depends on the server hosting the page. I know this isn't meant to be super secure, but it's still worth a mention.
Typos aren't making the hash part turn into something else. Like your parent comment explained to you, the hash part is not sent to the server. If you go out of your way to mangle the URL then of course a mangled URL without hash will likely get logged to the server. But I'm not sure how one would manage to go so much out of the way that they mangle the URL in a way that removes the hash.
You don't have a choice pasting links into some apps. They may strip out query and hash components, percent encode, force URL shortener services, etc.
Percent encoding is particularly bad since it may also bloat the length causing truncation and the decompress to fail. There's endless footguns with URLs.
Re: Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL
#74I have something tangentially similar here: https://jsgist.org
If you click save you get the option to use a URL.
The problem with a URL every edit is a new URL. So you send the URL to a friend, then fix a typo, they need a new URL.
The other problem is of course the space limit.
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#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://textarea.my/#Cy4tsOfi8ssvUcgtTc7QU_DIz0stLsmpVPBUSK0...
https://textarea.my/#ZY_NTgMhFIVd9ylYNZpMuQwDmZ9m4qM0SG9ncCg...
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#76Re: Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL
#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://textarea.my/#i0wtBgA=
No that should be: https://textarea.my/#c8yrLMnIzEsHAA==
More like: https://textarea.my/#c8yrLMnIzEu3BwA=
Re: Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL
#78Funny how I made almost exactly the same but for maps. I needed a way to share a link to a map, with drawings and the ability for the receiver to see their own location on the map. Annotated screenshots solves the first but not the second. Vibe engineered this, with many of the same ideas as OP. Took an evening. Just in time apps for one specific use case is a thing. And because it's so cheap to make and can be hoste…
This is very cool!
Re: Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL
#79This hack has completely disrupted my afternoon! Perhaps even forever after.
Re: Show HN: Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL
#80I've implemented the same idea a few years ago: https://pastila.nl/