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I reduced it. Spotify takes up a lot of screen space. The original Winamp with a playlist occupied just 275×230 pixels. My home‑cooked Spotify player takes up 275×275 pixels when it launches. I made it responsive, so I can make it bigger if I want.
My home‑cooked Spotify player tastes… surprising. Just right. A bit nostalgic. Familiar and yet pleasantly fresh.
You know that feeling when you manage to cook something really tasty? That’s it. Satisfaction.
I didn’t expect to have so many feelings about an app.
The result:
Home‑cooked apps are apps you create for yourself and—optionally—your family and friends. They don’t have to have a business model. They don’t have to be profitable. They don’t have to be easy to install. They don’t have to be public. They don’t require user accounts. Most likely, they don’t require settings (you can express your preferences and opinions in code). These qualities give home‑cooked apps a unique flavor. They’re a very interesting category somewhere between commercial, open‑source, and civic‑tech software.
Home‑cooked app is a term coined by Robin Sloan in 2020.
Cooking apps at home is a perfect excuse to test some new software. I played with Tauri 2.0 Release Candidate and Svelte 5 Preview this time. It was a lot of fun and I learned a lot.
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