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Not Every Developer Tool Needs an Account or Configuration

There’s a trend toward tools that require:

  • accounts
  • dashboards
  • onboarding flows

That makes sense for complex systems.

But for quick tasks, it often feels unnecessary.

When I’m working on documentation, debugging data, or reviewing someone else’s output, I just want:

  • input
  • output
  • done

No state.
No history.
No login.

For quick checks like unit conversions, I often use plain reference pages such as
https://mmtocm.net

simply because they load fast and don’t ask anything from me.

Sometimes “stateless” tools are exactly what a workflow needs.

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