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Show HN: Vibe Coding a static site on a $25 Walmart Phone

#1
Hi! I took a cheap $25 walmart phone and put a static server on it? Why? Just for a fun weekend project.

I used Claude Code for most of the setup. I had a blast.

It's running termux, andronix, nginx, cloudflared and even a prometheus node exporter.

Here's the site:

https://walmartphone.stetsonblake.com/

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#2
Can you please explain why not solely Termux with nginx? I don't understand why Andronix or proot are needed.

Actually for a static Website why not just https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.basov.lws.fdroid/ or more modern https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.example.flutter_http_ser... ?

Anyway glad you had fun.

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post #2

Can you please explain why not solely Termux with nginx? I don't understand why Andronix or proot are needed. Actually for a static Website why not just https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.basov.lws.fdroid/ or more modern https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.example.flutter_http_ser... ? Anyway glad you had fun.

Termux alone seems really quirky to me. Andronix fakes "having root" as I understand and I was able to get more of the services I wanted running on it.

https://github.com/termux/proot-distro looks really interesting too and I intend to test it in the future!

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post #3

Disingenious title, as the phone at 25$ is subsidized. Sure, you can properly buy a phone for not much more, but so can you a Raspberry Pi.

Eh, nitpicking I think. It really was $25 and anyone in driving distance of a Walmart can pay 25 real USD and grab one. For sure they are losing money on the hardware in hopes that you subscribe to the plan.

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post #2

Can you please explain why not solely Termux with nginx? I don't understand why Andronix or proot are needed. Actually for a static Website why not just https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.basov.lws.fdroid/ or more modern https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.example.flutter_http_ser... ? Anyway glad you had fun.

> Can you please explain why [...]

I can't read the site - it won't load - but there's one obvious answer to your question: "No. AI did it."

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post #3

Disingenious title, as the phone at 25$ is subsidized. Sure, you can properly buy a phone for not much more, but so can you a Raspberry Pi.

what do you mean by subsidized? do you have to buy a phone plan with it? i tried to add it to cart, and while it says it's locked to Straight Talk, it's not making me pay for a plan (though i'm not in the us so i'm not gonna actually order it to check)

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post #6
post #2

Can you please explain why not solely Termux with nginx? I don't understand why Andronix or proot are needed. Actually for a static Website why not just https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.basov.lws.fdroid/ or more modern https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.example.flutter_http_ser... ? Anyway glad you had fun.

> Can you please explain why [...] I can't read the site - it won't load - but there's one obvious answer to your question: "No. AI did it."

I think your comment is meant to imply I don't know what I'm doing.

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#10
I just restyled a full saas app thats doing 50k in arr per month, bootstrapped. I already shipped it to production. A major UX/element/component overhaul.

It looks 10x more professional. I did it this afternoon, sitting on my couch. I took a raw css/html assets from a very professional saas app, and gave it to claude code. I wrote no code, and did not even review the code. This field is truly on its way to full automation.

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