Useful beats impressive.
I’d rather make a small tool that saves ten annoying minutes than a giant demo nobody returns to.
ZENTR / PRINCIPLES
Constraints are a
feature.
I build independently, which means every dependency, infrastructure choice, and recurring bill has to justify itself.
Private by default.
I keep work in your browser when it can happen there. I want a reason before sending your data off-device.
Cheap on purpose.
I keep operating costs low so the projects can keep running. My budget has a very persuasive opinion about recurring bills.
Ship, observe, fix.
I ship projects, monitor them, fix what breaks, and keep improving them. Localhost has excellent uptime and a very limited audience.
THE STACK, CONCEPTUALLY
Use the smallest thing that works.
I run many Zentr pages at the edge or entirely in your browser. I use private infrastructure for work that needs a machine. I choose the architecture for each project’s actual job.
$ choose infrastructure
browser first → when the browser can do it
edge next → when a request needs logic
private host → when the job needs a real machine
browser first → when the browser can do it
edge next → when a request needs logic
private host → when the job needs a real machine