Original Summary

Hi everyone, I am a solo developer from Japan. Like many of you, I chat with AI daily. But I kept hitting the same wall: great answers, prompts, and code snippets quickly get buried and lost in the endless chat feed. I did not want to rely on heavy cloud note apps or feed my notes back into AI training. I just wanted a fast, lightweight space to archive those fleeting AI responses locally as pure Markdown (.md) files. So I built VanillaPad — a standalone, self-hosted web notepad built with Pure PHP and Vanilla JavaScript. Key Highlights • Zero Databases and Zero Build Tools: No MySQL, no Node.js/npm. Drop the files on any basic PHP server and it works instantly. • True Data Sovereignty: Notes are stored locally as plain text files (.md, .txt). Zero tracking, zero cloud lock-in. • Desktop-Class Features in Browser: Column selection and multi-cursor via [Alt] + Drag (custom DOM engine, no heavy libraries), two-tier floating search and replace ([Ctrl + Shift + F]), inline YouTube playback and edge-snapping image resizing, built-in file manager with full Undo/Redo ([Ctrl + Z]). Live Demo Test the multi-cursor and features directly with this interactive tutorial. (Please note that certain server-heavy features are disabled in this public demo to prevent overload). Demo: https://app.qlp.jp/vanilla_pad/demo Website: https://app.qlp.jp/vanilla_pad/en I would love to hear your honest thoughts. Does anyone else archive AI chat insights locally like this? What do you think of the editor's feel? Thanks for checking it out!   submitted by   /u/Spiritual_Balance298 [link]   [comments]

  • 情报分类：技术学习与提效
  • 分类依据：内容涉及技术、AI、软件工具或工程实践
  • 信息来源：Reddit · SideProject
  • 发布时间：2026/9/20 20:06:50