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Hi everyone, I'm relatively new here. A few weeks ago I went through a complicated family situation, and I had no one to talk to about it. But I felt like I needed to get it off my chest. So I wrote a very intimate letter, saying all the things I didn't dare say out loud, and it helped me a lot. It was therapeutic, I'd say.

A couple of days later, once the storm had calmed down, an idea came to me. The thing is, I've been a web developer for about 3 years now, and I thought about creating a space โ€“ kind of like a social network or blog โ€“ where people could vent without pressure, without social noise, none of that. Just like a daily journal.

And that's what I've been working on for the past couple of weeks. So I'd like to know: does this sound interesting to you? Do you relate to anything I said? Do you think a site like this could help people? Anyway, I'm listening.

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[-] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Still requires trust that the people running the website won't misuse the data, and keep whatever they keep safe from hackers ...

[-] Jeremy24k@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Yep You're right, trusting a server with personal stuff is the hardest part. For the first version, I'm not doing client-side encryption because I just want to test if the idea works. But to earn trust from day one:

I'll open source everything on GitHub so anyone can check the code.

No email, no name, no signup. Just a text box. No account, no IP linked โ€” so even if there's a leak, the text is anonymous.

A script will wipe everything from the server every few hours. Zero trace.

I know it still takes some faith on the server side, but as a solo dev, I want to start transparent and simple. If people find it useful, I'll add better security later.

this post was submitted on 16 May 2026
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