I'm a fullstack web developer with 6 years of experience. Python, Rust, JS, databases, and APIs. That's my day job. I had never touched electronics. A few weeks ago, I decided to build CyberKey. The itch came from something boring at work: my VPN disconnects when I lock my computer, and I have to type a TOTP code several times a day. Unlock my phone, open the authenticator app, read the code, type
I like servers. Not in a "let me spend Saturday hand-tuning nginx" way. More in a "this $6 VPS is sitting right here and could probably run half my side projects" way. The weird part is that deploying to one still feels more complicated than it should. For a lot of small and medium web apps, the app itself is not the hard part. The annoying part is everything around it: building the app getting it