Finished the first version of Centige.com, the collaborative web app builder
Oh boy, it's been a while. A very long while.
**6 months of full-time work** after around 3 months of playing around with the idea. And as I got closer to launching, I realized that I didn't like the product. So I went back to the drawing board (no, literally, I've got lots of papers with ideas and sketches).
Initially, I wanted to make a React app builder. The idea didn't sound bad and many people on Pioneer and Makerlog seemed to like the idea. However, I found it very limiting. It might be a good tool to have for some people, but it wasn't what I wanted to build.
By the end of August, I realized what was actually missing: real-time collaboration. You know, like Figma and Google Docs. Yup. But I wanted it for building web apps and websites. And so I embarked on the journey of learning how to actually make such an app. I tried different tools and ideas until I got the version I wanted.
Centige, the collaborative web app builder, is far from done. It needs more components, some templates, more configurations, and especially less errors. But this week, I felt that I reached a pretty good milestone. I felt like it's time to get some feedback from my next users to know what to prioritize right now.
9 months ago I had no idea how to build something like the template editor from Tumblr. And now, look at this :) Gotta take a moment to feel proud. A biscuit πͺ for me, and everyone who's working hard on that idea. ι εΌ΅γ£γ¦ (GAMBATTE)!
**6 months of full-time work** after around 3 months of playing around with the idea. And as I got closer to launching, I realized that I didn't like the product. So I went back to the drawing board (no, literally, I've got lots of papers with ideas and sketches).
Initially, I wanted to make a React app builder. The idea didn't sound bad and many people on Pioneer and Makerlog seemed to like the idea. However, I found it very limiting. It might be a good tool to have for some people, but it wasn't what I wanted to build.
By the end of August, I realized what was actually missing: real-time collaboration. You know, like Figma and Google Docs. Yup. But I wanted it for building web apps and websites. And so I embarked on the journey of learning how to actually make such an app. I tried different tools and ideas until I got the version I wanted.
Centige, the collaborative web app builder, is far from done. It needs more components, some templates, more configurations, and especially less errors. But this week, I felt that I reached a pretty good milestone. I felt like it's time to get some feedback from my next users to know what to prioritize right now.
9 months ago I had no idea how to build something like the template editor from Tumblr. And now, look at this :) Gotta take a moment to feel proud. A biscuit πͺ for me, and everyone who's working hard on that idea. ι εΌ΅γ£γ¦ (GAMBATTE)!
Finally got Nginx to work with Docker...
Gave up on Nginx and ended up just using Node.js with `http-proxy`. I think today I learned to use what I already know, especially when working on a new product, even if it is slower, instead of trying to learn new things.
Learned Docker π (but actually π, online tutorials suck)
Testing the web app generator is done. is NEARLY ready π
Added support for styling in the web app generator
Finished a prototype of the next and final design for
Finished a boring and useless Java school project π© We can't even quarantine in peace!
Built the progressive web app generator for π₯³ I will be testing the edge cases tomorrow.
Add Notion-style emojis (instead of trying to screenshot every project and saving it) to distinguish projects more easily
Fixed this frustrating error finally π©
Fix issues with loading projects from S3 over API Gateway
Automatically archive DynamoDB rows using Lambda and S3
Switch to a more minimal design for the whole app
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