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I run https://extensionpay.com off a single server with a SQLite database. That feels kind of low-tech these days :) But SQLite has a lot going for it in production! https://blog.wesleyac.com/posts/consider-sqlite
The more high-tech part is that it's a SvelteKit app — so it has server-side rendering (for performance/SEO) with client-side hydration and other nice things. In fact, I like this stack so much that I'm going to spin it out into its own starter template so other people don't have to code all the tedious features that most apps have (like user auth, admin dashboards, etc): https://sveltesaas.com
Most of my projects are fairly simple stack (either plain Javascript or with jQuery, using Firebase as a DB if necessary), but I tend to build relatively complex WebApps with it (e.g. a collaborative map editor, audio editor, motion graphics editor, animated mockup maker...).
The simplest product I've ever built in terms of code (fewest lines of code, no dependencies besides jQuery) is Omni, which is an extension that adds an omnisearch to your browser to manage tabs, bookmarks, history, perform multiple actions, add shortcuts, commands...
It's basically just an array of available actions with a simple UI to search through them and select them. I love it because it's incredibly simple to add new actions, I've also open sourced it so anyone can easily contribute: https://github.com/alyssaxuu/omni
I still don't know if it's going to do well or not, I am going to publicly launch it tomorrow, hopefully people find it useful despite its simplicity :P
https://github.com/abhinavs/blockr is a CLI tool to block websites that distract you. I originally wrote it to block youtube from my 5 year old daughter's laptop and since then, I have been also using it personally (I'm a Twitter addict.)
I have built a Jekyll blog theme too with very small CSS footprint - https://github.com/abhinavs/moonwalk
https://github.com/abhinavs/blockr is a CLI tool to block websites that distract you. I originally wrote it to block youtube from my 5 year old daughter's laptop and since then, I have been also using it personally (I'm a Twitter addict.)
I have built a Jekyll blog theme too with very small CSS footprint - https://github.com/abhinavs/moonwalk