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Small discoveries, gotchas, and insights from building this site.

Progressive Web Apps for Browser-Only Tools

I've always been curious about Progressive Web Apps but never had the right use case—until now. Building browser-only tools with AI made me realize PWAs are perfect for this. Now I can access all my tools offline, even on my phone. Turns out, the technology was just waiting for the right project (and a sophisticated enough AI so that I didn't have to learn service worker lifecycle hooks and caching semantics!)

Tailwind v3 Import Issues

AI doesn't always use the latest and greatest techniques. Started with Tailwind v3 that wasn't properly imported, preventing tree-shaking and causing slow page loads. Migrated to Tailwind v4 with @theme directive for proper bundling.