Paul Ford reflects on launching tinylittleoffice.com — a URL-stored office suite built with browser technology — and highlights how remarkably powerful and affordable web-based app development has become. Despite attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors and media coverage, hosting costs remain near zero thanks to modern infrastructure like Cloudflare.
Background
Web browsers have evolved into highly capable application platforms with rich APIs and frameworks. Modern cloud infrastructure has dramatically lowered the cost of deploying and scaling web applications.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Nov 12, 2026 at 04:21 AM
- Score
- 5.0 / 10