Unpolished ideas
reasonably constrained problems that are possible (but difficult) to tackle oneself. or just some yaks yet to be shaved.
- browser extension for searching through history
- we can vampire attack twitter
- local first, store data in sqlite-indexeddb
- also index a cached version of the website. not only can you search through history, but you can search through contextual information in your browsing history
- open source replit. what design choices will enable an individual to create a competitive version of replit
- stuff to keep
- codemirror
- react
- nix (maybe steal railway’s nixpacks??)
- stuff to change
- yjs/crdts
- build on fly.io instead for gcp. don’t bother with your own infrastructure
- stuff to keep
- keyboardless keyboard + unix/repl/browser glasses
- you want a brain interface but you also have to reconcile the infinite and finite (you suck at tech but you still want cool stuff (even though it sucks)).
- codespaces, mightyapp
- web browser is best metaverse
- screw apple(2007-202?)/meta(2025-2???) tax
- HTML/tailwind collaborative editor. figma for the web
- compression of workflows (figma → slack → github → github issues)
- modern CSSedit. start by selling (or giving away) tailwindui-esque components
- ESM url imports
- constrained case: figma (or png) to html/jsx
- the beginning of webflow 2.0. no-code interface to the “center-stack” (coined by remix)
- modern reading experience
- tiktok algorithm for text/books
- get to the best part of a book, quick
- compression of typically dense mediums
- an internet that doesn’t require the mental overhead of browsing
- (tiktok is essentially its own internet)
- reading/clicking links (goodreads/reddit/hackernews/web/blogs/youtube) is pure mental overhead
- twitter/tiktok/newsfeed/instagramfeed has less mental overhead, but significantly less signal to noise
- constrained to present. closest thing we can get to dead-peoples’ twitter (that also has alive voices as well).
- dead:alive ratio can contextualize zeitgeist with past, current events with history
- constrained to present. closest thing we can get to dead-peoples’ twitter (that also has alive voices as well).
- can creativity/innovation be sustained when we delegate choice to an algorithm that rewards popularity (law of averages)?
- would it truly shave mental overhead (compression/faster time to idea) or only dole out cheap dopamine boosts?
- at the same time, you could be exposed to a larger diversity of ideas if randomness is built into the algorithm
- twitter/tiktok/newsfeed/instagramfeed has less mental overhead, but significantly less signal to noise
- loss function to satiate curiosity
- spend compute to unearth gems from the library of babel
- endless feed of ideas
- swipe down for new content, swipe right for next page
- prioritize swiping down
- honestly books are pretty good let’s skip this one
- modern shopping experience
- one click buy
- tiktok feed