Creating apps has never been easier. Open Claude/ChatGPT, tell it what you want, and it spits out a fully functioning mini app that you can start using.
But what next? How do you get that app on your home screen? How do you allow it to actually save data? How do you share it with your family and friends? How do you let strangers on the internet use it?
I’m trying to build a platform for that! Check out appshelf.org and join the waitlist!
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Super excited that after a year of waiting, Remix v3 finally has a beta preview! I love how it’s actually a full-stack framework with libraries for auth, database models, s3, and everything else you end up assembling yourself.
Nextjs is a full-stack framework too, but it leaves a lot of the data-fetching and app architecture decisions up to you. That freedom is nice, but in practice every project ends up inventing its own stack out of a bunch of libraries.
Remix v3 feels more like Rails in a good way: opinionated enough to help you build quickly, but still composable enough that you can swap out their libraries when you need to.
I am a little surpised that there’s only discussion on Twitter. I was hoping to see more on Reddit or Hacker News.
Just like window.localStorage, I wish window.globalStorage was a thing. An easy for way all apps to have a database. No need to set up a database, etc for every little app. Just ship index.html.
I haven’t really thought about how authentication would work though. Would each browser store data sandboxed by website under a unique ID? Would users have to authenticate somehow before using it? Who is storing this data, and where?
Okay, I see why this doesn’t exist. Yet.