Show what it changes
Each of the 876 settings has its own page with a plain description and the Windows versions it supports. The download page explains the installer and the portable version.
Website for the app · separate service
oblepiha.app
Product site, accounts and support
The site behind the app: downloads, a page for each of the 876 settings, accounts with three plans and a support panel that takes requests from the site and by email.
- Type
- My own product · website and backend
- Languages
- Seven, the same as the app
- Role
- Design, development, server and mail setup
- Status
- Live at oblepiha.app
- Built with
- Astro · TypeScript · Node.js · SQLite · Postfix
The task
Downloads, accounts and support for a desktop app.
People want to see what a Windows tool changes before they run it. Paid features need accounts that work offline for a while, support needs one inbox, and all of it has to run on one small server without monthly service bills.
Solution
Accounts that suit a desktop app
Sign-up by email code, three plans and computers linked by a short code, like a TV.
One place for support
Requests come from the site and from email. Users see only their own requests; testers see all of them.
Runs on one server
Static pages, a small API on built-in SQLite and own mail, with no paid services in between.
Technology and tools
- Astro
- Fast static pages in seven languages, one page per setting.
- Node.js + node:sqlite
- Accounts, plans and support with no external database.
- Ed25519
- Signed passes for the app and signed update manifests.
- Cloudflare Email Routing + Postfix
- Incoming mail into the support panel; outgoing mail from own server with DKIM.
Non-standard solutions
Accounts that work offline
The app gets a pass signed with Ed25519. It checks the signature locally, so paid features keep working offline for up to 14 days.
Support that reads the log
A bug report needs the app’s log. The panel parses it and lists what might have broken: errors first, then half-applied settings, then recent changes.
Deploy without a CI service
The server pulls the main branch every minute, runs the API tests, builds and deploys. A push is live in about a minute.
What people get
- Visitors see what each setting does before they download anything.
- A paid plan follows the account to every linked computer.
- Support requests from the site and from email land in one place.
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