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web dev tool projects

chartbugz GitHub Demo

A visualization web app for ticket tracking using the FogBugz API.

Favorite Feature: Favicon

The Chartbugz app logo is a fun and minimal design. A hallmark of good design is when it is legible inside the browser's tiny tab icon area. I believe this icon does well even at tiny resolution.

Favorite Feature: Empty Data State

Because the Chartbugz "app" was implemented as a "bring-your-own-data" solution that required users to paste in their RSS feed, it needed to have a "null data" state. This special view state is meant to convey that there is no data, but the app is still working!

This is a very useful User Experience trick that I have re-used many times since, in both personal projects and in professional work.

apiculate GitHub Docs

A visualization web app for HTTP APIs, featuring live-queries, filtering, and text search.

See it with the GitHub Gist API