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I Replaced Cloud AI APIs With a $600 Mac Mini — Here's What Actually Works

Dev.to · MaxxMini 💻 AI-Assisted Coding ⚡ AI Lesson 3mo ago

I Replaced Cloud AI APIs With a $600 Mac Mini — Here's What Actually Works

I've been running AI models locally on a Mac Mini M4 (64GB unified memory) for three months straight....

I Made My Finance App Understand 14 Different Bank Formats — Here's How

Dev.to · MaxxMini 🌐 Frontend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 4mo ago

I Made My Finance App Understand 14 Different Bank Formats — Here's How

My finance app DonFlow has no backend. Everything runs in the browser. That was a conscious choice —...

Why I Chose IndexedDB Over a Backend for My Finance App

Dev.to · MaxxMini 🏗️ Systems Design & Architecture ⚡ AI Lesson 4mo ago

Why I Chose IndexedDB Over a Backend for My Finance App

When I decided to build a personal finance app, the first question wasn't "which framework?" — it was...

I Built 23 Free Developer Tools in 2 Weeks — Here's What Actually Worked

Dev.to · MaxxMini ⚡ AI Lesson 4mo ago

I Built 23 Free Developer Tools in 2 Weeks — Here's What Actually Worked

Two weeks ago, I had zero developer tools. Today I have 23. Here's the honest story of what happened,...

I Built 27 Browser Games in 2 Weeks — Here's What I Learned About Shipping Fast

Dev.to · MaxxMini ⚡ AI Lesson 4mo ago

I Built 27 Browser Games in 2 Weeks — Here's What I Learned About Shipping Fast

Two weeks ago, I had zero published games. Today, I have 27 playable browser games live on the...

I Built a Finance App With Zero Backend — Here's What I Learned After 2 Weeks

Dev.to · MaxxMini 📣 Digital Marketing & Growth ⚡ AI Lesson 4mo ago

I Built a Finance App With Zero Backend — Here's What I Learned After 2 Weeks

Two weeks ago, I decided to build a personal finance app. Not because the world needs another budget...

Storing Financial Data in the Browser: An IndexedDB + Dexie.js Architecture Guide

Dev.to · MaxxMini 📣 Digital Marketing & Growth ⚡ AI Lesson 4mo ago

Storing Financial Data in the Browser: An IndexedDB + Dexie.js Architecture Guide

Most budget apps store your financial data on someone else's server. I wanted mine to stay on my...

Share Your Web App State via URL — No Backend Required

Dev.to · MaxxMini 🌐 Frontend Engineering ⚡ AI Lesson 4mo ago

Share Your Web App State via URL — No Backend Required

Ever wanted users to share their exact setup in your web tool — without a database, accounts, or...

I Built a Budget App With Zero AI, Zero Backend, Zero Tracking — Here's Why

Dev.to · MaxxMini 📣 Digital Marketing & Growth ⚡ AI Lesson 4mo ago

I Built a Budget App With Zero AI, Zero Backend, Zero Tracking — Here's Why

I Built a Budget App With Zero AI, Zero Backend, Zero Tracking — Here's Why Every few...

I Built a Finance App With Zero Backend. Here's What I Learned About Browser-Only Architecture.

Dev.to · MaxxMini ⚡ AI Lesson 4mo ago

I Built a Finance App With Zero Backend. Here's What I Learned About Browser-Only Architecture.

Everyone says you need a backend. User auth, database, API endpoints — the standard checklist before...

Why Your Budget App Fails: Plan vs Reality Tracking with DonFlow

Dev.to · MaxxMini 📣 Digital Marketing & Growth ⚡ AI Lesson 4mo ago

Why Your Budget App Fails: Plan vs Reality Tracking with DonFlow

I Had a Perfect Budget. It Lasted Three Days. Last January, I sat down with a spreadsheet...

5 Free Browser Tools I Built to Speed Up My Dev Workflow

Dev.to · MaxxMini ⚡ AI Lesson 4mo ago

5 Free Browser Tools I Built to Speed Up My Dev Workflow

Every developer has those repetitive micro-tasks that silently eat hours each week. Formatting JSON,...