Show HN: I built the fastest VIN decoder
github.comDecodes any VIN in ~20ms with zero network calls. I compressed the entire NHTSA vehicle database into a 21MB SQLite file that runs completely offline.
No API keys, no rate limits, no servers. Just download once and decode forever. Works in browsers, Node.js, Cloudflare Workers - anywhere SQLite runs.
Would love any feedback and to answer any questions about the implementation. Who needs a VIN in 20ms? Why did you build it? What can you do with this information, I wonder? Like what's the point?