Show HN: Lightwave – Real-time notes app, 3.5 years of hand-rolled JavaScript

February 15, 2026 at 20:57

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Summary

Lightwave is a real-time notes app built by a solo developer over 3.5 years using Laravel, MySQL, Redis, and hand-rolled JavaScript. It emphasizes a lightweight stack, hybrid HTTP/2 and WebSocket collaboration, and rich editing features, positioned as a pre-release stress test before a paid launch.

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