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I built a chat app where the server has never seen a single message

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I Built a Messenger That Works Without the Internet — And It Changed How I Think About Privacy

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I built a forum where rooms die when people stop talking

<p>I got tired of two things about online communities.</p> <p>The first is that they don't die well. A subreddit or a Discord channel that was alive for a week keeps existing for

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Why I Built a Zero-Knowledge, Client-Side Encrypted Burning Note App Over the Weekend

<p>Hey everyone! 👋</p> <p>Like many developers and sysadmins, I constantly find myself needing to share temporary credentials, API keys, or sensitive text with clients and

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I Built a Private Voice Chat App Because I Was Done Giving Discord My Conversations

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Building ephemeral encrypted chat with Cloudflare Durable Objects

<p>I built <a href="https://elm.chat/?source=dev-community" rel="noopener noreferrer">elm.chat</a> around a narrow idea: a conversation should not automatically become a permanent

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