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Hi there. My name is Paul. I’m a developer, an explorer and I’ve got ADHD. As of the beginning of August, I’m also unemployed.

This last part, along with everything else this past year, has caused me a great deal of stress.

While our balcony zen garden project is yet to be completed, I had an idea to create a virtual one that everyone can use.

It's an idea that, unfortunately, I’ve been postponing for a while now, mostly because I have no fucking idea how to do it as I don’t know JavaScript, and I don't have the capacity to learn it right now.

So I let perfect be the enemy of good and, well... just kept the idea to myself.

Then I said "fuck it" and used AI to make the thing I really wanted to make.

I realized I didn't want "perfect". I wanted "good enough".

I tweaked, added, removed, drew, researched, questioned, tested... I just wasn't the one coding it.

So now, instead of occupying my brain, it now lives on the internet for others to enjoy.

Yes, there’s something noble about making something entirely on your own, but what good is an idea that just sits in my head?

So here I am. I made the thing. The weird, little, quiet koi pond.

The silly project of passion. The little corner of the internet to let strangers watch fish quietly, together.

I hope this pond helps you as much as it helped me.

(a repost due to gen-ai block | sry guys English is not my native language)

me: solo dev from Hamburg (ahoi) started months ago - couldn't stand the token waste and speed of playwright, Chrome dev tools etc - Vercel changed the game a bit but I use Public Browser for weeks now - it delivers

project: "Public Browser" is a MCP Server running real Chrome with ur profile (no logins) directly via CDP protocol. has a complete tool set. handles multiple tabs. free - open sources - script api - a beast with JEV.

numbers: vs agent-browser -24% calls, -33% token, -33% cost, -32% time vs Playwright CLI -26% calls, -34% token, -32% cost, -43% time vs Playwright MCP -51% calls, -61% token, -54% cost, -47% time vs Chrome DevTools -53% calls, -71% token, -65% cost, -51% time vs browser-use -79% calls, -95% token, -93% cost, -88% time

method: blind opus 5 - one test harness - 30 tests - 5 runs. competitors = Playwright, Chrome DevTools, browser-use.

    Public Browser 3.0 vs field, same harness, Opus 5, Chrome 153
    (PB 3.0 + agent-browser: 5 runs, 24.09. | others: 3 runs, 23.09.)

                            via  tests   calls  tokens  cost    time
    Public Browser 3.0      MCP  30/30      79   3.02M  $2.40   261s
    agent-browser 0.38.1    CLI  29/30     104   4.53M  $3.56   386s
    Playwright CLI 0.1.21   CLI  30/30     107   4.61M  $3.52   454s
    Playwright MCP 0.0.82   MCP  30/30     162   7.84M  $5.22   494s
    Chrome DevTools 1.9.0   MCP  29/30     169  10.33M  $6.78   535s
    browser-use 0.13.10     MCP  24-26/30  384  63.68M  $36.06  2187s

    29/30 = only T5.2 fails (navigator.webdriver check)

install: claude mcp add public-browser -- npx -y public-browser@latest

test-site: https://mcp-test.second-truth.com source code: https://github.com/Silbercue/public-browser/blob/master/test... harness & raw data: https://github.com/Silbercue/public-browser/tree/master/test...

p.s.: I know a race between a solo dev and companies is lost but I think the people should build the tools that are important. I would love to see Public Browser be used and it would be an absolute honor if someone would improve it - with work & ideas. I hope you enjoy it. pls tell me what u think about it.

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