Sizzy
The Browser For Developers
I was constantly pissed off by using Google Chrome for development, especially because there was no way to preview multiple devices at once. I wanted to speed up my dev process, and I somehow ended up building a browser.
Well, I finally have a story to tell.
I finally launched the new version of Sizzy last month. It went from a simple web app to a full-fledged browser for designers and developers. I would say that it’s been a very exciting month, but actually, it’s been a bumpy ride for 2.5 years. I made a lot of mistakes and I learned a lot of lessons, and I wrote a (very long) article about it:
https://medium.com/@kitze/github-stars-wont-pay-your-rent-8b348e12baed
You know the drill. You’re developing an app for a client and you need to make every page and every component work in every variation, on every device.
I was already using react-storybook to switch between all the variations of a component, but I still had to switch between 12 devices just to see the changes in all of them. And that’s how it all started.
How about making a tool where you can preview multiple screens at once as you work? That would be neat, huh!
I wrote more about this in my article: https://medium.com/@kitze/introducing-sizzy-a-tool-for-developing-responsive-websites-crazy-fast-39a8c0061992
