devlog #1

started webgram :)

ok so i open a new tab like a hundred times a day and chrome just gives me that empty search page. got bored of it. making my own for the challenge.

idea is instagram but for a new tab. not a clone, i just stole the layout because my brain already knows where stuff is. stories on top, feed in the middle, little nav at the bottom. the stories arent even stories tho. theyre shortcut buttons for google / youtube / github / discord / stardance. the feed is supposed to be live bluesky later so when i open a tab im actually scrolling something, not staring at widgets +_+

rn it was just html. like, only html. clock says --:-- like its buffering forever. search box is there but it doesnt search yet. feed is a placeholder that says “feed goes here. not yet.” opened it in the browser and it looks so unfinished its kinda funny. no colors, no fonts, just default browser stuff. clicked around anyway. story buttons work, i typed in the search, Saved in the nav jumped to #saved. vscode kept auto-closing my tags while i was writing index.html and the file looked so cooked. had to type the whole thing again. it loads now tho :p

next i make it look like a phone on a messy desk. then the feed gets real posts. anyway thats the start.