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I've developed a Reddit Comment Generator tool that helps create customized comments for Reddit. The tool connects to Claude's API and offers multiple suggestions based on my input. I'd like to share it with others, but I've noticed some potential issues that need fixing.
The web application includes features like:
Connection to Claude's API for generating comment suggestions
Tone adjustment using sliders for formality, assertiveness, and humor
Subreddit context selection to tailor comments to specific communities
Template saving and loading for frequently used comment types
Dark/light mode toggle
Comment history tracking
Readability and sentiment analysis
Export options for generated comments
Mobile-responsive design
I'm concerned about a few potential bugs:
The character counter sometimes displays incorrect values
The history search function might not be working properly
There could be issues with the API error handling
The template loading feature occasionally fails
Before sharing this tool with others, I want to ensure it's safe and reliable. How secure is the API key handling? Are there any privacy concerns I should address? And could you help identify any other issues in my implementation that I might have missed?
I'd appreciate any guidance on improving this tool without removing functionality:
Thought for 7 seconds
Below is a concise “punch-list” of the must-fix bugs, security/privacy gaps, and a handful of quality-of-life upgrades that keep every feature you already built.
1. Critical bugs
Bug Root cause Quick fix
Character counter drifts or shows NaN You concatenate two querySelectorAll results in updateTotalCharCount, but the per-field counters (#main-point-count, #supporting-info-count) aren’t updated when a template is loaded / history is restored. Call updateTotalCharCount() after every programmatic change to either textarea and update the per-field counters in the same helper.
History search sometimes returns nothing, even when items match You accidentally re-declared the helper $ twice: the second declaration (which returns an array) overwrites the first (which returns a single element). That breaks every later $ call that expects a node, including history filtering. Rename the “plural” helper to $$:
const $$ = (sel, scope=document) => [...scope.querySelectorAll(sel)];
and revert $ to single-element selection.
Template “Load” occasionally fails loadTemplate(index) silently assumes every saved template has all sliders and dropdowns. Early templates created before some fields existed don’t. Guard every assignment with a lookup:
if (template.formality != null) …
API error handling double-fires fetchCommentsFromAPI throws inside the if (!res.ok) block and in the outer catch; the inner throw is sufficient. Remove the outer catch or wrap only the fetch call, not parseComments.
Duplicate IDs in the DOM Every generated comment gets id="comment-option" (via copy-paste). Duplicates break querySelector('#comment-option'). Remove the id or generate a unique id per comment.
2. Security & privacy
Issue Risk Mitigation
API key in localStorage Any XSS on your page leaks the key; the key is also sync’d by many browsers across devices. Proxy all Anthropic traffic through a tiny serverless endpoint (Cloudflare Worker, Vercel Edge, etc.) where the key is an environment variable, not visible to the browser.
Comment text inserted with innerHTML Untrusted model output could inject scripts (rare, but possible). Replace para.innerHTML = … with para.textContent = … and run DOMPurify on the export modal.
No Content-Security-Policy 3rd-party scripts or injected markdown links can run arbitrary JS. Send Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; base-uri 'none'; object-src 'none'; from your hosting layer.
Auto-saved drafts & history stored raw If someone shares a device, private drafts persist. Add a “Clear local data on logout” button and document it. Consider encrypting drafts with crypto.subtle using a passphrase.
3. Performance / DX
Debounce slider→preview updates (you already debounce text; do the same for sliders to avoid layout churn).
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