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Lookspan uses browser loopback and CORS for local-first data storage

Lookspan, a local-first application, binds to 127.0.0.1 and utilizes browser loopback capabilities. It leverages CORS to reflect origins, allowing it to serve pages from different origins and interact with its API. This setup enables the storage of prompts, outputs, and costs, with any visited site able to post its own traces while the local dashboard is active. AI

IMPACT This implementation details a method for local data storage and access, potentially impacting how AI applications manage user data and privacy.

RANK_REASON The item describes a specific technical implementation of a local-first application, detailing its use of network protocols and browser features for data storage and access.

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Lookspan uses browser loopback and CORS for local-first data storage

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Lookspan binds to 127.0.0.1 and calls itself local-first. But your browser reaches your loopback even when the network can't — and CORS was reflecting whatever

    Lookspan binds to 127.0.0.1 and calls itself local-first. But your browser reaches your loopback even when the network can't — and CORS was reflecting whatever origin asked. So I served a page from a different origin and pointed it at the API. It read the traces back: prompts, ou…