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Puffin Tools – Free WebAssembly tools in the browser

2 points by Zernat 2y ago

Zernat 2y ago
Hi! I wanted to share my little "adventure" that I had in the past ~2 weeks. Basically, I got tired of constant thinking and I decided to build something, anything. By accident I learned about thing called WebAssembly (basically you can execute pretty complicated programs locally in the browser without sending anything anywhere) so I immediately assumed that it could be used for a set of small, private tools. Usually I am building with Python, Django, PostgreSQL, hosting it on PythonAnywhere. So this time I decided that I will step out of my comfort zone even further! So I went with: - Rust (for tools that will be compiled to WebAssembly) - Zola (static site generator since I don't need anything "dynamic") - AWS S3 + AWS CloudFront (for hosting this static website) (I even used AWS to generate my SSL certificate) Let me know what you think, and of course if I can already sell my website for million dollars :D Cheers!
- croes 2y ago
  Would it be better to post is as Show HN? https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html
  - Zernat 2y ago
    Ohhhh, I had no idea about this! To be honest this is my first post on Hacker News ever. Do you think that I should "hide" this post and write it again with this "Show HN"? Anyway, thank you for sharing!
    - croes 2y ago
      I would hide it and repost it as Show HN. It’s more likely to get good feedback.
      - Zernat 2y ago
        Done! Thank you for spending the time explaining this to me. I clicked "hide" on this post and wrote one with "Shown HN" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43239066 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43239066 Thanks!
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beardyw 2y ago
Really this should either be: a show HN "free image and pdf compression in the browser", or a commentary on your approach and experience of using webassembly. That is, is it the utility or the technology. At the moment it is neither.
- Zernat 2y ago
  I agree, after some discussion I decided to click "hide" on this post and post another with "Shown HN", sorry about wrong flagging.

2 points by Zernat 2y ago

Hi! I wanted to share my little "adventure" that I had in the past ~2 weeks. Basically, I got tired of constant thinking and I decided to build something, anything. By accident I learned about thing called WebAssembly (basically you can execute pretty complicated programs locally in the browser without sending anything anywhere) so I immediately assumed that it could be used for a set of small, private tools. Usually I am building with Python, Django, PostgreSQL, hosting it on PythonAnywhere. So this time I decided that I will step out of my comfort zone even further! So I went with: - Rust (for tools that will be compiled to WebAssembly) - Zola (static site generator since I don't need anything "dynamic") - AWS S3 + AWS CloudFront (for hosting this static website) (I even used AWS to generate my SSL certificate) Let me know what you think, and of course if I can already sell my website for million dollars :D Cheers!

croes 2y ago
Would it be better to post is as Show HN? https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html
- Zernat 2y ago
  Ohhhh, I had no idea about this! To be honest this is my first post on Hacker News ever. Do you think that I should "hide" this post and write it again with this "Show HN"? Anyway, thank you for sharing!
  - croes 2y ago
    I would hide it and repost it as Show HN. It’s more likely to get good feedback.
    - Zernat 2y ago
      Done! Thank you for spending the time explaining this to me. I clicked "hide" on this post and wrote one with "Shown HN" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43239066 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43239066 Thanks!

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beardyw 2y ago

Really this should either be: a show HN "free image and pdf compression in the browser", or a commentary on your approach and experience of using webassembly. That is, is it the utility or the technology. At the moment it is neither.

Zernat 2y ago
I agree, after some discussion I decided to click "hide" on this post and post another with "Shown HN", sorry about wrong flagging.