Why I Stopped Building a Backend (And What Happened Next)

docreplacer.online is a tool that converts a plain-English prompt into a formatted .docx file — entirely inside your browser. No server, nothing uploaded or stored remotely. You type a prompt, a Word document downloads. It's currently in MVP — free to use, no account required at this stage. I built it. And the most interesting part of building it wasn't the document generation itself — it was the decision to use no backend at all, and what that choice forced me to think through. I'm a developer...