Hey everyone! 👋
I wanted to share a mini side project I’ve been working on recently called TangyTools (tangytools.com).
We’ve all been there, you just need a quick piece of Unicode text for a project README, a technical mockup, a math note, or a social media bio, but the top Google search results are always bulky, clunky, ad-ridden sites that take ages to load.
I wanted to build the exact opposite: something clean, minimalist, blazing fast, and completely distraction-free.
The Tech Stack 🛠️
Since this is a client-side utility tool that runs entirely in the browser (no data leaves your device), I wanted the leanest architecture possible:
- Framework: Astro (I used Astro because it ships pure, static HTML by default and strips out heavy, unnecessary client-side JavaScript, making the loading speed instant).
- Styling: Tailwind CSS for a clean, Pinterest-inspired responsive layout.
- Hosting: Cloudflare Pages (Super secure, completely free for static frontend code, and serves pages straight from edge data centers closest to the user).
What's inside right now?
Right now, the suite has a few specialized text generators:
- Subscript Generator – Handy for chemistry formulas (like H₂O) or technical notations.
- Superscript Generator – Great for math exponents (x²), footnotes, and citations.
- Small Caps Generator – Transforms standard lowercase characters into clean, minimalist capital letters for aesthetic formatting and structural headers.
- Shakespeare Translator – A fun utility that translates modern text into classic 16th-century Elizabethan prose.
Next Steps & Feedback
I’m planning to expand this into a much larger suite of essential text utilities. Since everything runs client-side, privacy is fully baked in with zero signups or tracking cookies.
I would love to get your eyes on it! Check it out here: TangyTools
What features or utility scripts do you constantly find yourself needing during development that I should build next? Let me know your thoughts!
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