The latest articles on DEV Community by stripboard stripboard (@stripboard_stripboard_0b9). https://dev.to/stripboard_stripboard_0b9 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4075674%2F519b697a-2cc9-43bf-b27f-165ef88c6ea4.png https://dev.to/stripboard_stripboard_0b9 en stripboard stripboard Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:15:12 +0000 https://dev.to/stripboard_stripboard_0b9/i-built-a-task-board-in-vanilla-js-heres-what-i-learned-5935 https://dev.to/stripboard_stripboard_0b9/i-built-a-task-board-in-vanilla-js-heres-what-i-learned-5935 <p>I built StripBoard (<a href="https://stripboard.org" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://stripboard.org</a>) — a keyboard-first task organizer.</p> <p>Technical decisions:</p> <ul> <li>Vanilla JS over frameworks (it's one HTML file)</li> <li>CSS custom properties for the theme engine</li> <li>localStorage for persistence</li> <li>HTML5 drag &amp; drop API</li> </ul> <p>What I learned:</p> <ul> <li>Undo/redo is surprisingly simple with JSON snapshots</li> <li>CSS custom properties make theming trivial</li> <li>Users love keyboard shortcuts more than you'd think</li> </ul> <p>The whole thing is ~130KB and loads instantly.</p> <p>What would you have done differently?</p> productivity tutorial beginners opensource