StackHouse

Description

StackHouse is a canvas tool built for Emotions at Work — a digital space for arranging double-sided image cards and text blocks in online workshops. Cards can be flipped, moved, and grouped freely on a shared canvas, without the friction of general-purpose tools like Miro or FigJam.

The tool is designed around a specific facilitation need: working with physical-style card decks in a remote setting, where the feel of handling and arranging materials matters to the session.

Intent

StackHouse started from a specific frustration: working with physical card decks in facilitated workshops is irreplaceable in a room, but breaks down entirely when a session moves online. Tools like Miro are powerful but assume a different kind of work — sticky notes and diagrams, not the feel of picking up a card, flipping it, and placing it next to another.

The deeper question I was trying to answer was whether a purpose-built tool — one that did only one thing — could preserve enough of that quality to make the method work remotely. It also became an experiment in how much I could ship with HTML, JavaScript, and a small backend, without reaching for a framework.

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