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Scrappy – Make little apps for you and your friends

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463 points 8organicbits | 4 comments | 18 Jun 25 05:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.718s | source
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riffraff ◴[18 Jun 25 06:21 UTC] No.44307116[source]▶
I am 100% behind the idea of "scriptable components" vs block-based programming for beginners.

I'm on mobile now but I'll try this on desktop ASAP.

But I think one thing missing on the analysis is: people want ease of share and zero cost.

It's surprisingly simple to build a minimal app in some environments but then you get to distribution (app store are a huge gatekeeper) and/or hosting and e.g. my wife or kids won't be bothered to pay 5$/momth for it (and neither will many professional devs).

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1. DougN7 ◴[18 Jun 25 06:27 UTC] No.44307150[source]▶
You could self host with your OS’s web server and a dynamic DNS service pointing to your home computer.
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2. franga2000 ◴[18 Jun 25 06:44 UTC] No.44307239[source]▶
Except the OS has no web server, so you have to find and install one, make sure it auto starts, set up port forwarding (which you might not be able to if you're behind CGNAT or your ISP just doesn't let you)... Then you need to explain to your partner that your computer is running 24/7 to host your shared shopping list or whatever, which will definitely cost more in electricity than a 5$/mo VPS, which was already presumed to be unacceptable
3. vincnetas ◴[18 Jun 25 07:01 UTC] No.44307336[source]▶
"... my wife or kids " you already lost them at "... self host"
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4. abcd_f ◴[18 Jun 25 07:20 UTC] No.44307418[source]▶
GP was suggesting that you would self-host for your wife and kids, not that they would self-host themselves.