I've seen the term "request coalescing" used to refer to a technique to minimise the impact of cache stampedes. Protects your backend systems from huge spikes in traffic caused by a cache entry expiring.
There are many types of request that cannot be made with client-side JS alone, but for those that can, the ability to send those requests client-side would be handy.
I think that 99.9% of CURL commands are copied from Chrome/Firefox's network inspector and are the simple "client-side JS" types.
I also think it's weird to be so willing to let people run arbitrary CURL commands from your platform, without any billing or account verification. It feels ripe for abuse.
Even for commands that use the subset of cURL features that fetch supports, most requests to other domains (cross origin requests) wouldn't work anyway because the responses won't have the CORS[0] headers to allow being accessed from arbitrary websites. So running it client side would be infeasible for most requests.
Exactly — this was one of the core constraints I ran into early on.
CORS was a blocker for client side requests, I have a separate branch where this is integrated, maybe will add it alongside server side execution to let the person creating the curl decide whether they can execute on browser or server side.
Anecdotally, I've heard the term "doomscrolling" being used by a reasonable number of different people in different circles to refer to passively consuming "bitesize" content (e.g. social media, short text posts or short videos) for extended periods of time, regardless of content.
If you look at the definitions on Urban Dictionary[1], the ones from 2020/2021 are in the same vein as what you've described and what Wikipedia says, but more recent 2024/2025 definitions generalise the concept and lose the "negative news" element.
Always fascinating how language evolves and how quickly the meaning of words can change.
This is very cool - I haven't seen anything like it before. I've spent about half an hour noseying at places I've lived or considered living, fascinating. The view of changing house prices is something that I haven't seen presented in this way either.
Thanks for the kind words! The prototype was launched in 2013, you'd think the world would have caught up since :D. The platform underneath allows far more advanced functionality, so stick around, there will be many more usable (and useful) features in the near term.
A very relatable struggle. Cool project! I remember getting into WoL as a kid playing with our home PC, felt like magic to press a button on my phone and watch the fully powered off machine come to life.
Never sorted out a reliable enough system for it to be practically useful, but this gives me some ideas...
It also seems reminiscent of KSQL - consuming multiple input topics, and producing output to a topic defined using a query written in a SQL-like language that defines how the inputs are combined and filtered.
