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2026-08-17 14:20
Why I Built a Browser-Only Tool Platform (and What Broke That Rule)
Every "free online tool" site has the same shape: pick a task — resize an image, merge a PDF, decode a JWT — upload a file, wait, download the result. That upload almost never needs to happen. Browsers have had the APIs to do this work locally for years. The upload step exists because it's the easiest way to build the product, not because the task requires a server.
That's the premise behind Tabr...