TLDR
I made a link shortener. The goal was to learn the Pocketbase API and see if it could be viable for some smaller projects I build in the future.
There is really not much to say here. I wanted to implement an entirely localised solution to building something
Technologies I Used
- SvelteKit (of course)
- Pocketbase 1
- TailwindCss
What I Learnt
- How authentication works with Pocketbase: It's quite different from how something like Supabase handles it.
- Data modelling: Being sqlite, the way I had to think about data needed a slight shift in mindset.
- Working with the Pocktebase sqlite database: Working with a barebones database was actually really fun.
Here Are Some Screenshots
Here is the homepage:
Here is what a logged in user sees:
Wrapping Up
This was a fun little thing to build. I learnt quite a bit. There is definitely a place for Pocketbase in my off the cuff build.
My one gripe is deploying this database is not simple, not in the slightest. And no, Docker does not count - I do not use those dark arts.
The code
The code for shrinkat is available on GitHub. Fork it, make it your own, create pull requests...
https://github.com/meerkat-collective/shrinkat
Thank you for reading, let's connect!
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