A 125M model beat a 14B LLM at de-identifying medical text 40 faster, on CPU
Your data never leaves the machine - and you can check my math Building localscrub, a local-first PHI de-identification cascade, and benchmarking it h…
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I built 38 free browser-only tools that never upload your files
Every time I needed to "compress an image online" or "merge a PDF", I ended up on some site that makes you upload your file to their server. For a ran…
From AI support copilot to agentic customer service
TL;DR Tokenizing at intake does nothing for the return path. Evidence agents query the CRM and raw identity comes back as a tool result, straight into…
I built 79 browser tools that never upload your data — here's why client-side matters
Every developer has hit this: you need to resize an image, decode a JWT, or format a messy JSON blob. So you search "online [thing]", land on some too…
I built TryQuickImg: compress HEIC/JPG/PNG in the browser — no upload
Most free image converters ask you to upload first. Fine for a meme — less fine for a passport or exam photo. TryQuickImg https://tryquickimg.com/ Com…
Anonymous survey design starts with a data inventory, not a checkbox
“Anonymous” is often implemented as a missing name field. That is a start, but it is not a design method. A survey can omit a name and still connect a…
I’ve been working on an open-source P2P file sharing app called MeshDrop (early beta, looking for honest feedback)
Hey everyone, For the past few months I've been working on a side project called MeshDrop. The idea started because I wanted a simple way to send file…
How to block apps on Android without an AccessibilityService
Almost every app blocker on the Play Store is built on an AccessibilityService . It's the obvious choice: you get a callback every time a window chang…
Building SnipTools: A Client-Side, Privacy-Focused Developer Utility Suite
Hello community, We are Perception, a team of five second-year computer science students. Over the past few months, we noticed a recurring issue in ou…
Why Developer Utilities Should Process Sensitive Data in Your Browser
Developers paste surprisingly sensitive information into online utilities every day: API responses, access tokens, database records, cURL commands, an…
Why I built Sanctuary: A local-first, zero-tracking reflection app
Most journaling and mental wellness apps require syncing sensitive personal thoughts to cloud servers where they risk being mined or exposed. I wanted…
How a simple Downloads organizer is being used to stop ScreenConnect scams
I created Mouzi because my "Downloads" folder looked like a digital dumping ground. The app has grown significantly since then, but I never expected a…
Why I built Sanctuary: A local-first, zero-tracking reflection app
Most journaling and mental wellness apps require syncing sensitive personal thoughts to cloud servers where they risk being mined or exposed. I wanted…
How I Built a Privacy-Friendly Image Converter That Runs Entirely in the Browser
Converting an image should be a simple task. However, many online image converters require users to upload their files to a remote server. This can cr…
How I Built a UK-Focused Converter Site with Astro 5, React 19, and Tailwind 4 — Zero JS by Default, 100% Private
I got tired of searching "gas mark 4 to celsius" and landing on ad-heavy US sites that had never heard of a British oven. So I built the site I wanted…
I Built 100+ Browser-Based Tools That Never Upload Your Files
I Built 100+ Browser-Based Tools That Never Upload Your Files Every time I wanted to merge a PDF, compress an image, convert a file, or format JSON, I…
I built a 100% private PDF toolkit that runs entirely in the browser (No server uploads)
Hey everyone! I just launched PDFLabs, a free web toolkit for PDFs. The biggest difference between this and sites like iLovePDF is that it has no back…
AI Agent Data Minimization: Give Tools Less Context Without Breaking Results
Your agent does not need the whole customer record to answer one question. It does not need every Slack thread, every CRM field, every file in Drive, …
I built 50+ free browser tools that run without uploads, servers, or accounts
I built 50+ free browser tools that run without uploads, servers, or accounts I spent the last few months building NexaTools — a suite of 50+ browser-…
Built a GDPR cookie-consent package for Laravel (Blade/Livewire/React) — looking for feedback
I've been building LaraGDPR, a cookie consent + cookie management package for Laravel — configurable consent banner and granular per-category preferen…
Building an Offline AI Note-Taking App with WebGPU
For the last few months, I’ve been obsessed with a specific problem: the friction between privacy and utility in modern AI tools. Most "private" AI so…
Building KunciMasuk, a Privacy-First SSH Launcher
Hi Everyone. Approximately a month ago, I developed a Bash script to streamline server access for myself and my colleagues. The feedback was construct…
Bitwarden vs 1Password: Which Password Manager Should You Use?
A feature-by-feature comparison of two leading password managers — open source and free versus polished and premium — to help you pick the right one. …
How I built a Chrome extension that reads Terms of Service using AI — and what I found
The problem that made me build this Every time I signed up for a new app or service, I clicked "I Agree" without reading a single line. Nobody reads T…
The Dark Side of Wearable Data: What No One Talks About
Look, everyone is now hopping on the “wearables” train. We have seen millions of smartwatches, rings and patches, collecting huge amounts of data rega…
What We Learned Building Browser-Based Image, PDF and AI Tools with WebAssembly
A lot of small media tasks still feel heavier than they should. Resize an image. Compress a PDF. Extract text from a scanned document. Blur a license …
Designing Consent-Based Location Sharing in Flutter
Most location apps are built around persistence. Always-on. Always-visible. Always-running. When I started building WIN RAK, I wanted the opposite. No…
No one reads privacy policies. So I built 6 AI Agents to do it for me.
We all know the drill: you sign up for a new service, a massive wall of legal text pops up, and you instantly scroll to the bottom and click "I Accept…