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Welcome 2 EchtLab!!!Welcome2EchtLab!!!
EchtLab is my playground: this is where I build my own web apps, let my creativity run wild and host everything in my own homelab – ready to try, right in your browser.
The site looks like 1999 because the web was brave back then. The apps behind it are from today: nothing to install, no modem required.
What is this? (in 3 sentences)
Under “My projects” you find every app with a simple explanation.
Clicking “Try it” opens the app in your browser.
Everything runs on my own server at home – no cookies, no ads, just anonymous visitor stats.
UNDER CONSTRUCTIONThis site is never finished. That is on purpose.
11/03/2026 – A brand-new design, 1999 style – straight from channel 081 of the Design Studio. If your browser crashes, please install Netscape 4.7. NEW!
11/03/2026 – The Ausschreibungskraken is in BETA. It collects public tenders from many portals. Access on request.
11/02/2026 – The Design Studio now has 100 web design directions. You are looking at one of them.
01/01/2000 – Survived Y2K! The server is up. The coffee machine says it is 1900.
~*~ MY PROJECTS ~*~
Here are all the apps from EchtLab. The table is the quick overview; below it, every project gets its own window with an explanation.
Public tenders from German and EU procurement portals in one place – with search and notifications.
BETA
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The next project is being built. Please reload this page in 3–5 business days.
Download time on a 56k modem: 0 seconds – the apps run in your browser, there is nothing to download.
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EchtLab Design Studio
An atlas of 100 radical web design directions – each one a live, running page.
What is it?
Real pages instead of mood boards: zap through the channels like TV, or survey every direction in the index. Take what you like with you via the exports in the studio overlay.
What can you do there?
Channels to zap through
Index as a list or a wall of live previews
Exports in the studio overlay
Address
design.echtlab.de
Status
Online · running stable
Access
open in the browser
Keywords (for AltaVista): Web design, Inspiration, Live demos, Atlas
Public tenders from German and EU procurement portals in one place – with search and notifications.
What is it?
The kraken reaches into many procurement portals, among them TED, service.bund.de, DTVP, evergabe-online and oeffentlichevergabe.de, and pulls the tenders together. A proof of concept.
What can you do there?
Tenders from many portals in one place
Search across all sources
Notifications
Address
kraken.echtlab.de
Status
Beta · work in progress
Access
Sign-in required, access on request.
Keywords (for AltaVista): Procurement, Tenders, Search, Notifications, Proof of concept
Every app here is made in three steps. The wizard shows you – click Next like it’s 1999.
EchtLab Setup_ □ ×
Step 1 of 3
An idea of my own
Every app here is my own project – from the first spark to running in production. It usually starts with “someone should build…”.
Copying C:\ECHTLAB\IDEA.TXT…
Step 2 of 3
Built by me
I design, code and test the apps myself. AI tools help me along, like the thick manual next to the keyboard used to – the ideas and decisions are mine.
Copying C:\ECHTLAB\CREATIVE.EXE…
Step 3 of 3
Runs in my homelab
Everything runs on my own hardware at my place. This site loads nothing from third-party servers and counts visits only anonymously, on my own server.
Copying C:\ECHTLAB\HOMELAB.SYS…
You cannot cancel. Setup is already done – otherwise this page would not exist.
♫ Music for surfing ♫
Three chiptunes, generated live in your browser. Sound only plays when you press play.
