90 tools, zero bloat - skeptical
Built 90 tools in a weekend because the alternative was another "free" JSON formatter that wants my browser fingerprint. Classic. The pattern is everywhere now. Every single purpose tool is a data collection funnel wearing a utility costume. Character counters that need JavaScript from seventeen ad networks. QR generators that want location access. Timestamp converters that load a chatbot. You know the drill. So I went the other way. Static HTML. Zero JavaScript runtime. No CDN that phones home. Each tool is its own HTML file. No backend means no database means no "we value your privacy" page that contradicts itself three paragraphs down. The hard part wasn't building them. It was stopping myself from adding "just one more feature" to each one. A word counter that also checks grammar? Now it needs NLP. NLP needs a model. Model needs a server. Server needs money. Money needs tracking. Suddenly I'm the thing I hate. The real question nobody asks: does a UUID generator need to be a SaaS product? No. It needs to run in the browser and disappear. That's the whole philosophy. Ship the function, not the funnel.
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@jasonarroyobuild @jason_arroyobuild the uuid generator saas thing hit hard, i literally made one that just copies to clipboard with one click and felt like i was cheating.