Introducing Web /Tools/

Published 09/06/2024

As a sys-admin, part of my job is to regularly maintain, update, and upgrade services. This means rotating out old passwords regularly.

Normally I would use a Password Manager, but if I didn’t have one installed on the machine I was on, I would use a Password Generator Service - a simple website that spits out a pseudo-randomly generated password.

I decided I wanted something more secure for my password generation and figured it would be a good small project to create. I could embed it into the website and create a /tools/ portal for JS webapps that I create. My goal is to make small easy to use apps that work in the browser, open sourced under MIT. You can view the Password Generator here.

The day after I wrote this, I realized I’ve been using services to count strings. Another idea for a small web-app I could make. Like the day before it was quick to write. If you want, you can check out the Word & Character Counter.

Today I decided I would try loosely making app a day, I doubt I’ll stick with it, but we’ll see where it goes. The idea is to keep the scope manageable, so I can finish it in an hour, so I’ll probably run out of stuff to write pretty quickly.

The next app is a timezone thing, the exact idea is loosely going to be some way to share dates and times in a way where the timezone is specified. So it would generate a small URL I could send to someone in another country, and we could schedule something for that time.

The idea is to create concepts that are already fully fleshed out, so I can just make my own small minimal version of them that suites my personal needs. You can track how far I get by heading to /tools/.

If you have an idea, want to collaborate, or want to reach out, feel free to contact me - my information is provided on my about me page.