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Side project · Personal · 2023
Lumen
A fast, local-first markdown editor designed around one idea: never interrupt the writer.
Local
first
<50ms
keystroke
Offline
always
Role
Solo
Stack
Next.jsTypeScriptIndexedDB
Why I built it
Every notes app I tried added friction. Lumen strips it back: open it, write, and everything saves locally and instantly.
screenshot — Lumen editor
Outcome
My daily driver for two years and counting — the best kind of side project.
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