I assume the real router OS is extremely neutered to basically only route traffic and filter inbound with everything else being removed? But yeah I can definitely see that.
Built something similar almost a year ago during the holidays [1]. Open-source if you want to check it out [2]. I use the mobile app version from time to time when I'm going on walking adventures around the city.
Funny coincidence, I just published an offline infinity-scroll notes app[0] today to replace my long txt file. Desktop version probably in a couple of days. Last time I published an app for myself, my friends (and ~1k others!) loved it so trying doing it again.
I've used a .txt pretty much my whole life from my old Vaio running Ubuntu to my Mac books after, especially as a heavy terminal/nano enjoyer.
I always saved it as do.txt in my base dir. Thousands of lines which was always nice to look at and more importantly easy to reference links I used during debugging or troubleshooting from months ago.
It's a weird mix of a bookmarking list, daily to dos and quickly jotting down phone numbers or details while on the phone with someone (if I'm not on my personal laptop, I usually type the thing while I'm on the phone in the PC browser address bar then copy it over which is not ideal because auto-search).
Another strategy I've used is iMessaging myself with links or notes, which in my opinion is the best way since it auto syncs AND you can pin yourself in the iMessage app for quick access.
I lost mine somewhere in SF while visiting years ago but I absolutely loved it.
I won it at a hackathon after making a tiny Pebble app where you could keep score during a soccer game as a referee by pressing the side buttons.
App development and publishing was extremely easy on their app store.
I honestly thought I wrote this as I was reading.
I’ve had the exact same bad experiences, essentially everytime I tried it. First time being the one that started it all where I accidentally ate two full brownies. That scarred me. Second time I almost lost all motor skills for a few minutes. The last time it happened I decided to change the experience when I felt it start. This time, instead of fighting it, I just let go and basically tricked myself into enjoying it and boy was it great. I know the feeling of a bad experience, but tell your mind to take in it and you’ll enjoy it; worked for me at least.