From 47 to 75 Commits: How a Single _headers File Broke My Brain (and My App) for 8 Hours

The 8-Hour "Please Work" Marathon

We’ve all been there. You have a vision. You want to build a completely free, local-first, privacy-respecting PWA toolkit (NeatKit). Everything is running smoothly until you decide to implement client-side video processing using ffmpeg.wasm.

Suddenly, you are slapped in the face by browser security rules, SharedArrayBuffer requirements, and Cross-Origin Isolation blockades.

Yesterday, my repo was sitting at a comfortable 47 commits. Today? 75 commits.

By commit #65, my commit messages literally just said "please please work."