Simulation of a desktop app I built on the web
Details
- External ID
- 45882992
- Source
- HN
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- Product
- Simulation of a desktop app I built on the web
- Website domain
- theforges.co
- Launched
- Nov. 11, 2025
- Cohort
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- Upvotes
- 11
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.5447598253275109
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- Fetched at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
- Updated at
- Sept. 7, 2026, 9:25 p.m.
Description
Built an accountability agent that tracks user activity so I don't procrastinate. Thought showing a fun simulation of the usability of the app on the web would be cool. Any thoughts greatly appreciated!
Enrichment
- Theme
- indie hacker passion projects
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- Function
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- Audience
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- AI stance
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- Project type
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- Normalized one-liner
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- Manually corrected
- False
Could you build this?
Yes The project is a web-based simulation/landing demo of a desktop app, which is pure frontend UI, state emulation, and interactive React components.
Discussion
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