I'm building an open-source project and I myself really believe it has potential.
I want it to be open-source so people can help improve it if people find it useful.
But please butcher my enthusiasm if I seem delusional about its value!
The idea
Basically I made two observations lately which fed the idea:
Observation 1: AI is really good at generating apps in single html format. But they are hidden away in some chat somewhere.
Observation 2: Local-first paradigm (running things locally in a browser instead of relying on servers/cloud providers) is really nice!
Core-idea: Why would we ever need another general utility app (timers, calorie counters, exercise trackers etc), when we can just ask AI to create one for us?
Product-idea: A web page (no login) where one can add AI-generated code and then the app is functional. Local-first so that it also works offline. Utilizing IndexedDB for storing the code and iFrame to execute it securely.
The.n also opt-in user-controlled AI+storage to enable AI on the web page and possibility to share and use the apps with friends (like a Google docs). Currently I use OpenRouter for AI and Firebase for storage. But later in thinking it can be built out to use some self-hosted storage.
The question(s)
I got something working, but now I'm trying to find good ways of making people understand the concept. I guess I need to find people who would like to create apps like this? But I also struggle with how to present the idea. So my main question is - does it make sense at all what I'm explaining? Does it have any value? I thought you guys in /webdev might understand some since you know about the power of the browser and maybe can see how I am thinking that it should work
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