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Scrappy – Make little apps for you and your friends

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463 points 8organicbits | 2 comments | 18 Jun 25 05:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.46s | 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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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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1. 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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2. 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.