
Hello Dev.to 👋 I'm building small tools with Flask and HTMX
Hi everyone! I’ve just joined Dev.to so I thought I’d introduce myself. I’m a hobby developer from the UK who enjoys building small web tools and experimenting with lightweight stacks. Recently I’ve been trying to keep things simple and focus on server-side rendering instead of heavy frontend frameworks. My current favourite stack is: Python / Flask HTMX PostgreSQL Server-rendered templates I really enjoy how HTMX lets you build interactive interfaces without needing a full SPA framework. It feels a lot closer to traditional web development, just with nicer interactions. What I’m working on My current project is called JotSpot . It’s a small tool for creating quick shareable Markdown pages . The goal is to keep it extremely lightweight: open the page start typing get a shareable link No complicated setup or heavy UI. One feature I’ve been experimenting with recently is a CLI API, so you can create notes directly from the terminal. Example: echo "Hello world" | curl https://jotspot.io/a
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