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Beyond Deployment: What's Next for CrescoDB, Plus a Clearer Path to Getting Started

Beyond Deployment: What's Next for CrescoDB, Plus a Clearer Path to Getting Started Building a backend is only part of the work.

  • CrescoDB improving backend workflow and developer insights
  • Upcoming update adds production monitoring and operational visibility tools
  • Server monitoring expanded to include CPU, memory, disk usage, and container resources

Running Pandoc in the Browser: WebAssembly, Web Workers, and a 58 MB Module

Every "convert my document" tool I've tried has the same shape: you pick a file, it uploads somewhere, a server does the work, you get a download link back. That's fine for public data.

  • Running Pandoc in browser uses WebAssembly, Web Workers, and 58 MB module
  • Pandoc preserves document semantics through typed abstract syntax tree conversion
  • Module loaded lazily, cached, and executed in Web Worker to maintain UI responsiveness

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