I Built a Free TBH: Task Bar Hero Gear Calculator — Compare 1,375 Weapons & Armor Instantly

cde-yang — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 08:34:46 +0000

If you've played TBH: Task Bar Hero for more than 20 minutes, you've hit this problem: you have two chest pieces in your inventory, one has higher level requirement, the other has better stats — which one actually gives you more DPS?

The in-game tooltips don't tell you. So I built a calculator.

🔗 taskbarherocalculator.com

It's a free web tool that lets you mix and match any gear combination from the TBH item database, then calculates your real DPS output instantly.

What It Does

1,375 items in the database — weapons, shields, armor, helmets, accessories
Real-time DPS simulation using the actual game damage formula
Side-by-side comparison — equip one setup as "Snapshot A", swap gear, see the exact DPS difference (green ⬆ / red ⬇)
Share builds via URL — send your setup to friends on Discord or Reddit
Best-in-slot finder — filter by level and slot to find optimal gear

The Damage Formula

After digging through community data and testing, here's the formula the calculator uses:

DPS = Attack Speed × Base Damage × (1 + Crit Chance × (Crit Multiplier − 1))

With stat modifiers:

Each point of Strength adds ~0.5% base damage
Each point of Intelligence adds ~0.2% attack speed
Crit Chance and Crit Damage multiply your expected damage

The calculator accounts for all of this automatically — pick your gear, set your level, hit Calculate.

Why I Built It

I got tired of doing napkin math every time I found a new item. The TBH community has done amazing work documenting items and builds (shoutout to probonk and the wiki contributors), but there wasn't a quick way to compare two pieces of gear side-by-side.

This tool fills that gap. It's not a wiki, not a tier list — it's a pure numbers tool for min-maxing your build.

What's Next

More item data (community submissions welcome)
Rune and skill DPS integration
Mobile layout improvements

If you play TBH, give it a try at taskbarherocalculator.com — would love to hear feedback in the comments.

I built a free invoice generator because every other tool has a catch #webdev#javascript#freelancers#tutorial

cde-yang — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 03:00:31 +0000

As a freelancer, I've tried dozens of free invoice generators. Every single one had a catch:

Watermarks on the PDF unless you pay
"Free" = 3 invoices, then a paywall pops up
Forced signup just to download a PDF you just created
Ugly templates that look nothing like the screenshots

So I built InvoiceLark — a completely free, no-signup invoice generator.

What it does

Truly free — no signup, no watermark, no invoice limits
No logo? Auto-generate one — type your business name and it creates a letter-badge logo instantly
6 templates (Modern, Classic, Minimal, Compact, Bold, Clean) and 6 currencies
Built-in hourly rate calculator — handy for freelancers who bill by the hour
Payment QR codes — add a PayPal link and a scannable QR code prints on the PDF
Save clients & items — local storage, no data ever uploaded
JSON/CSV export — your data is yours, always

Why I built it

I got tired of invoice tools that feel like they're designed to trap you into a subscription. It's a form + a PDF generator — it shouldn't need a backend or a login.

Everything runs in the browser. No server, no database, your invoice data stays on your device.

What I learned

Free tools can be genuinely good. You don't need Stripe integration or a SaaS backend if your goal is simple: fill form, download PDF, done.
The "no logo" problem. Most invoice generators assume you have a logo file ready. A lot of freelancers don't. Auto-generating one was the most appreciated feature.

Built with vanilla JS and a lot of coffee. Would love your feedback! What features would make invoicing suck less for you?

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