Having fun making mini static site apps
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I've been having a blast making multiple mini apps that run in the browser. I've been trying to see how far I can go without having a backend and relying on other services. I wrote these for fun and wanted to know what folks think.
HN · launched Jun 1, 2026 · 10 upvotes (top 41%) · 0 views
Niche: novelty and humor web apps · 188 launches, 8 in the last 7 days ▼ -53% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes Heyming OS is a web-based desktop environment compiling existing open-source web games, WebAssembly emulators, and frontend utility widgets into windowed UI frames.
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Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 180 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #75 of 181 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 209 days after the earliest competitor.
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