This is a submission for the DEV April Fools Challenge
What I Built
DocScan Pro is a "high-end" document conversion suite. It features a custom camera viewfinder with a scanning laser to "digitize" your documents. It supports conversions from PDF to DOCX, PPTX, and more. The catch? After a grueling 30-second "rendering" process, every single file you download is just a giant "APRIL FOOLS" message.
Demo
https://piyushdas1624.github.io/DocScan/
Code
https://github.com/Piyushdas1624/DocScan
How I Built It
The goal here was psychological warfare. I architected a multi-stage loading sequence to build "Sunk Cost" in the user. I used the HTML5 Camera API with facingMode: environment for a true mobile experience. For the downloads, I utilized the Blob API to generate fake files on the fly. I originally architected a file-padding system to match the exact byte size of the uploaded file, but pivoted to a "High-End Configuration" joke when the performance of opening 2MB text files became its own (unintentional) prank.
Prize Category
Community Favorite. It targets the universal experience of waiting for slow enterprise software, only to be disappointed by the result.
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