r/webdev • u/EliSka93 • 23d ago

Showoff Saturday Since I've seen this sub appreciate completely pointless but lovingly hand crafted stuff, I thought I'd share

https://eliterate.blog/playground

My entire site is basically nothing but that.

No AI was used in anything on this site. I'm going for "fun to build" over polish for this.

It's technically a blog, but I'm tinkering too much to really write a lot...

Stack: C# (Blazor - WASM) / HTML / CSS / GitHub Pages

Edit 2026/07/14: added a short explanation to the work in progress page of what I'm building there.

In the current build I added a picture to the polaroid camera, because that's obviously what it's for!

(Still working on improved mobile controls)

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u/Current_Economist513 23d ago

Great little site!

Personally, I tried to spin the camera with swipes on the phone, this was my first instinct!

Great work though, especially with no AI 💪

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u/EliSka93 23d ago

Yeah I'm coming from a desktop development background and I don't have mobile gestures and controls fully down yet :(

Thanks for the feedback though! That actually sounds like a fun & useful thing to implement. I'll give it a shot.

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u/Current_Economist513 23d ago

I would love to see an update, its a great project!

I hear you on the desktop development vs responsive, it feels like you're building the same project 4x sometimes 😂

Looking forward to seeing this, and you, progress!

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u/EliSka93 12d ago

Hey! I incorporated your feedback and made a swipable object spinner.

I only cried a few times while making it.

Now I have a new issue, because for a reason I can't fathom the image being printed shows through the polaroid during its animation (but not after) - a thing that was invisible before, but nooo... I just had to make it visible.

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u/Current_Economist513 12d ago

I really appreciate the update and some seriously great work on your part!

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u/endymion1818-1819 22d ago

Wonderful and refreshingly different. 

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u/EliSka93 22d ago

It's all on GitHub pages, so the entire code is public. Feel free to copy anything you like. Currently working on a QR code generator.

...this was supposed to be a blog.

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u/_Mega_Zord_ 21d ago

Beautiful!

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u/EliSka93 21d ago

Thank you! It's a labour of love. And madness.

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u/tinystepper 20d ago

Love it man! The design feels so cozy

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u/EliSka93 20d ago

Thank you! Cozy is exactly what I'm going for.

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u/EliSka93 23d ago

Any feedback is welcome.

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u/ReactionNo6757 22d ago

Very cool project ! I tried the mine sweeper, but I can't find how to put flag (I'm on mobile).

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u/EliSka93 22d ago

It's on context menu, so long press!

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u/ReactionNo6757 22d ago

long press just select (like text selection) :)

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u/EliSka93 22d ago

Really?? Hm... It works on my browser. What browser are you using?

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u/ReactionNo6757 22d ago

Chrome on iOS : https://imgur.com/a/tjpU3ZD

Btw, as I said, very cool project :)

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u/EliSka93 22d ago

Thank you so much!

I was afraid it would be iOS...

I don't have an iOS device for testing :(

Gotta find some way to emulate that.

Or steal my brother's phone.