a little sidetracked from direct game development stuff, but another strong project motivator nonetheless: i've been wanting to produce some of my web application ideas in a way that can be easy downloaded and distributed cross-platform. the normal solution to this is Electron.

but, like many other web developers in the space, i've been interested in seeing how smaller size / memory use web app platforms are progressing to compete with Electron, which is generally pretty bulky. i've also been interested in simpler web frameworks as a replacement for React or Vue, although learning both of these should probably be a priority of mine.

so recently i've looked into the web app container Tauri and the framework Solid. i really, really like Solid. but Tauri relies on the Rust programming language (which i'm not opposed to learning, it's just a huge step in getting comfortable with it) while furthermore requiring an installer for it to dodge using a browser engine (the thing that makes Electron so big). but this did get me on looking at even more alternatives.

many of my main web projects are productivity tools, like brainstorm or worldbuilding tools for games, or a lightweight art program, or stuff for time and work dependency management. but another one of these is a nerdy math tool which is very, very related to Satellite. it's a tool which i've tried to make in the past, which i've called a Polyomino Solver.