grab-reference

Stable ReferencesCapture

Capture a link, get the metadata, drop it where you're writing.

Paste a URL. Get back a structured reference — title, author, publish date, and an OpenGraph snippet — formatted to slot into your notes. Removes the busywork of citing what you read.

Recent ship notes

2026-05-04

GrabCite, day one — a microservice and a stack we'd later abandon

What is now Grab-Reference began life on February 19, 2025 as 'GrabCite' — a microservice architecture in Docker, with React + StyleX + Vite + TypeScript + Prisma. A snapshot of choices we'd later move away from, captured retrospectively so the history isn't pretty-revisionist.

Recent ship notes

GrabCite, day one — a microservice and a stack we'd later abandon