Building small tools to test an idea
A carousel-maker experiment, and what a small working tool can teach before it becomes a larger project.
The idea notebook · Experiment
Small experiments
Smaller tools and interface ideas, including an Instagram carousel maker shared in public.
A small tool can answer a useful question
Some ideas begin as a prototype rather than a product plan. Can a repetitive task become easier? Does an interface make the next step clearer? Is the result useful enough to keep using?
That space matters alongside bigger projects such as Nuxt Charts and cloudconfig.
The carousel maker
In a public post, I shared an Instagram carousel maker and asked whether to open-source it. The post records an experiment and a question to the community. It does not establish a released product or a measured engagement result.
The interesting part is the cycle: notice a use case, build a small tool and make the idea concrete enough for someone else to react to.
What belongs in the notebook
A prototype page should make its status clear. A short demo can communicate an interaction; an article can explain the design question behind it.
Read building small tools to test an idea for a longer reflection on that process.