The setup
Prototype needed a real product to build end to end on camera. I picked Telegra.ph: small enough to recreate in one sitting, but complete enough to make the demo meaningful.
TapNote.
Instant, self-hosted publishing with Markdown.
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The product.
A self-hosted Telegra.ph. Write Markdown, hit publish, and get a clean page on your own domain – no account, no CMS, no build step, just one Docker container.
Made as a demo case for Prototype – built live on camera, idea to shipped tool in one sitting.
The twist
Keep the instant-publishing idea, but rebuild it around different constraints: Markdown in, self-hosted page out, no account, no CMS, one Docker container.
Outcome
Built live as a demo, released open-source, and unexpectedly kept attracting GitHub users after the experiment was over.
Writing & launch
Building a self-hosted Telegra.ph in 1 prompt & 3 minutes
Built with
Django · Docker · Tailwind
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