Determinist // Devlog 5 // 2026.08.09

I’ve started working on the website finally!

The plan

I’ll use GitHub Pages to host Determinist until I can get my own domain and personal site up, after which I’ll transfer it there. The plan is to make the generator client sided by using WebAssembly to access Argon2 in the browser without requiring a backend. I wanna do this so that no information leaves the user’s computer, which is a key part of keeping Determinist privacy focused. I chose to use Next.js because I used it before, and it has Static Site Generation which is essential if I want to put the site on GitHub Pages.

What I achieved in 2 and a half hours

• I made Argon2 work

Yes, that’s about it. I spent most of my time debugging errors and learning basics as I’ve only used JavaScript for making components, not to make more complex algorithms like Determinist’s is. I am a fast learner though, so I expect to be able to recreate Determinist V1 relatively quickly. Starting with WASM on my first serious web project where I’m still learning JS maybe wasn’t the most amazing idea, but hey, I like challenges and learning by doing.

What’s next?

• Continuing work on V1
• Porting V2 to JavaScript
• Desgining the UI
• Adding the preset system
• Generating the static site and fixing errors after it’s done

And to the reviewers and people who liked the Determinist CLI…

Thank you! Developing Determinist has been lots of fun and I’ve learned a lot of valuable things. Your support and feedback is greatly appreciated, it motivates me to work every single day. It’s a project I’m really passionate about, as I wanted to create this for years. Thank you all for your support, and I hope you’ll enjoy using Determinist whether it’s in your terminal or the web.

See you in the next devlog!