🔗 What if the browser was the server?

The article argues against the traditional SaaS model by suggesting that browsers could effectively serve as their own backends. It highlights how modern SaaS often merely acts as a middleman between users and databases, creating unnecessary delays through network communication.

With advancements like WebAssembly (WASM) and the Origin Private File System (OPFS), developers can deploy fully functional backends that operate directly in users' browsers. The article includes a proof of concept: a simple time tracker built using Go and SQLite, which utilizes OPFS for file storage.

It emphasizes that this approach isn't suitable for applications requiring real-time collaboration, but it does open up new possibilities for many other applications that depend solely on personal data management. The concept could shift how software is distributed, challenging the prevailing assumption that all data must be stored on remote servers.