Haptics on the web, in production by morning

I was scrolling Threads in the evening and came across a post with an open-source haptics library, WebHaptics by Lochie Axon. It lets you add haptic feedback to the web.

And I liked how it's built: a small library that lets you wire up haptics quickly, and if you want something custom, you can build your own pattern.

I always assumed haptics only worked in native apps. And instantly I had an idea where this could fit into a new product we're currently building, because it's a web app.

I already had all the screens assembled in Figma Make, matching production one to one. Downloaded the project, dropped it into Claude, wired up haptics on the right screen, pushed it to Vercel to test on my phone, and it just worked.

I love haptics in interfaces. It adds an extra layer of physical feel to the interaction.

Shared the link with a developer that evening. By morning haptics were in production. (win win 🎉)

It's kind of amazing how fast you can ship something like this now. A while ago I probably wouldn't have even suggested it, knowing how long the discussions would take about whether it's worth doing and how to implement it.

Of course it's not really about haptics specifically. I doubt that's surprising to anyone. It's about the possibilities and approaches that keep opening up.