Beaker: the frontend developer's dream browser

so! let's suppose you just finished a new small webapp 👌

like, I made matrixmultiplication.xyz, a simple calculator

there are many other small sites like this out there

how do you publish a new site?

first you gotta figure out where to host it 🤔

or use something easier like github pages?

what about a domain?

and a certificate for HTTPS support?

might take a few hours to get it all set up 😔

here's what you can do instead 💡

publish it from Beaker Browser!

it supports a new protocol, dat:// , besides http:// and https://

dat:// is kind of like file://

your site doesn't get "uploaded"

it's just on your computer

with an address that looks like dat://9900f9..9a/

but has a super interesting property... 🔮

Beaker browsers on other computers can now access the site!

the browser is the server!

the browsers form a peer-to-peer network

kind of like torrent

your browser is seeding your site

when people visit the site, they will leech it

but they can also choose to seed it 🌱

this is a win-win situation!

less traffic goes to your computer

and the person seeding it has your site offline!

they could use it in the airplane ✈️

or where there is no internet 🏞️

when they go back online, Beaker will fetch the latest version of the site

this peer-to-peer network works over the internet

but also in local area networks, like your workplace!

LAN sharing works even if the router has no internet connection 😌

it's the best browser to share simple sites with other developers 👩🏻‍💻

plus, you can also create a site from Beaker

and your site's settings looks like a GitHub repo:

with built-in support for live-reloading:

this feels like the future of web development

and it can go beyond sharing simple sites

imagine an e-commerce site

by allowing visitors to seed the site, it means...

they will help reduce traffic to the statics server

and they can browse when offline

(like PWAs also allow)

but not everything needs to be offline

business-critical stuff can be served through a backend

it's just better if your customers *know* they can browse the site

instead of seeing this:

why require internet connection?

and miss an opportunity to engage customers with your brand?

Service Workers were one step towards the future

Beaker goes even further

and makes us question:

how can we make the Web work independently from the Internet? ☀️

it's also available through Beaker: dat://603a92700145dc4b01ae902a58747b7f676862059ce44dfb7c0e59779b5648f8