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Indie dev building yyzTools — a C++/WebView2 Windows productivity suite. Writing about desktop architecture, the subprocess-over-SDK bet, and local-first design.

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Indie developer building yyzTools (Windows desktop productivity suite)

You Can Write Desktop Tools in Plain HTML/CSS/JS — Here's the SDK That Lets You

You Can Write Desktop Tools in Plain HTML/CSS/JS — Here's the SDK That Lets You

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The Local-First Tax: What It Actually Costs to Refuse the Cloud

The Local-First Tax: What It Actually Costs to Refuse the Cloud

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Why I Replaced Everything With a Homegrown MFT Search Engine (Memory: Hundreds of MB a Few MB)

Why I Replaced Everything With a Homegrown MFT Search Engine (Memory: Hundreds of MB a Few MB)

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yyzTools: 40+ Windows Productivity Tools in One Install — Local-First, Free Forever

yyzTools: 40+ Windows Productivity Tools in One Install — Local-First, Free Forever

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Shipping Stock CLIs as Subprocess Instead of Static-Linking SDKs

Shipping Stock CLIs as Subprocess Instead of Static-Linking SDKs

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Why I Built a Windows Desktop App with C++ + WebView2 Instead of Electron

Why I Built a Windows Desktop App with C++ + WebView2 Instead of Electron

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