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Re:Using the URL to build database-free web apps by iamlyingman on Saturday December 07, 2019 @12:28PM (#21731421)
Yeah, this is cool. Combined with a url shortener that doesn't have length limits this idea could really have legs.

I made a semi-stateful web page like this but I stored the state in a single object that gets saved to local storage. Then I stringify that object and email it to myself whenever I switch between phone and computer. ...The web page can read in the string. https://smchughinfo.github.io/search.html

It works good enough for me. But the holy grail would be a way to store that state so that different devices could share state without having to do anything. Hmm.

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Re:Using the URL to build database-free web apps by netchkin on Monday December 09, 2019 @07:57AM (#21742184)
Although URL shorthener essentially brings in the database the article was trying to avoid in the first place, I was thinking on similar terms. It allows identity-less scenarios very easily, e.g. for effortless product evaluation.
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