Songbox

Maker

So the premise for this is pretty simple. Self destructing notes that are deleted once they have been read. Why did I make this? As a developer I use services like this a lot for sharing API keys, passwords etc etc. However the tools my teams and I used never satisfied me. Generally the problems for me are a combination of being really ugly to look at, not being open source and most annoyingly being riddled with really terrible ads. Also, in my humble opinion they can be overloaded with options that most people don't need or use. So one of the core facets of my implementation are: - Simplicity: deliberate lack of options - Simplicity: clean and minimalist design - Trust: Open source - Trust: No ads - Privacy & Security: AES-256-CBC with "Encrypt-then-MAC" - Privacy & Security: all assets hosted locally I just wanted to make a tool that my teams and I would be happy to use. In terms of refining the product, I posted it on Hackernews where it got a lot of attention and was at the top of "Show HN" for about a day. I got a LOT of feedback on there which has mostly been implemented (almost exclusively relating to encryption). I then posted it on some reddit subs and got some more feedback relating to privacy. Also now implemented, an example of this feedback was hosting my fonts locally instead if using Google Fonts CDN. I hope at least one person here finds it useful.

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3yr ago