Hyperclay: Simplifying Web Development with Single-File HTML Apps
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Summary
Hyperclay introduces a minimalist approach to web development by enabling the creation, hosting, and sharing of web apps within a single HTML file. It eliminates the complexity of modern development tools, offering a direct, visual editing experience that simplifies app creation and maintenance.
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Modern web development forces you through layers of abstraction: config files, build steps, magic frameworks, deployment pipelines.
Hyperclay returns to a simpler model: your app is a single HTML file you (and your clients) manipulate directly.
What if web apps were as simple to edit as documents?
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