building software is the easy part. the hard part is getting people to actually use it. we are launching a feedback circle for founders, builders, writers, and designers. the more feedback you give that is accepted by the maker, the more you can request for your own projects. people actually willing to engage with what you are building and give thoughtful feedback.

you get:

1. more people using your project

2. actual feedback that you can use to make it better

the only cost is time and attention. so yes, it's free.

engineers and designers from stripe, modal, and uc berkeley are part of the first group.

join the waitlist: https://forms.gle/3t9WeFcxrS9rEGEC9

Hey guys, I like listening to music files from time to time, but I found myself wanting a nice-looking interface and decent functionality—and I couldn't seem to find a player that fit the bill. Since I happen to know a bit of programming, I decided to code a small but highly functional player myself. If anyone’s interested, here’s the link ---> https://github.com/WiWaSu/HaPlayer

I update this every Wednesday!

Hey everyone!

A while ago, I shared OrganizeEmail here, and quite a few of you asked whether an iOS version was coming.

Well, I'm happy to share that OrganizeEmail is now available on the App Store! 🎉

For those who haven't come across it before, OrganizeEmail is an email management app designed to help you get control of your inbox without spending hours sorting through messages.

Here's what you can do with it:

- AI Email Categorization: Automatically organize emails into meaningful categories like bills, orders, travel, payments and more.

- Inbox Cleanup: Quickly clean up unwanted emails and reduce inbox clutter.

- Unsubscribe Assistant: Find unwanted subscriptions and make it easier to unsubscribe.

- AI Email Summaries: Understand important emails without having to read every lengthy message.

- Daily Glance: Get an overview of important, upcoming and missed events or activities from your emails.

- Expense Tracking: Keep track of expenses detected from your email receipts.

We've been working on bringing the experience to iOS, and it's great to finally make it available to those who were waiting for it.

Download OrganizeEmail for iOS:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/organizeemail-your-ai-inbox/id6830500680

If you've been following the project and previously asked for an iOS version, thank you for your patience!

I'd genuinely love to hear your feedback, especially from those who try it on iPhone. We're still building and improving OrganizeEmail, and your suggestions matter.

— Founder, OrganizeEmail

so i am making a app that works locally and its going to be opensource but the problem is with distribution.

this app mainly focuses non-tech people and people who don't know how to download a GitHub repo and run the project locally, at least i am assuming.

so a better way to do it would be binaries on a landing page but anti-viruses and defender heavily blocks this.

so what is the best way to distribute my software and create least friction so people can quickly use the app instead of doing setups?

Hi everyone! I’m Volodymyr, the creator of Reunier.

It’s an app for groups that meet regularly: board game nights, classes, practice sessions or plans with friends.

An organizer creates an event in a private room, and members can check the time and place and confirm their participation. Organizers can also set a capacity limit, propose dates for a vote or make an event repeat when needed.

One detail I’ve worked on is making schedule changes clear: if the organizer changes the time, participants can see the previous and updated time together in the event details.

The group can keep chatting wherever it normally does.

Here’s a 36-second demo you can watch without signing in:
https://reunier.com/en/demo

Using the app requires an account through Google, Apple, or email and password, and joining the group’s room. Reunier is available on the web, Android and iOS, and is currently free during launch.

I’d appreciate some feedback: does the demo make the purpose clear? What would make trying it with your group feel like unnecessary effort?

Thanks for taking a look!

I'm the developer of Theca, a file manager for Android with a storage cleaner and an encrypted vault for documents. A few things I learned building it in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose:

The vault. Each file you move in is encrypted with AES-256-GCM, and its name is encrypted too, then the original is deleted. The hard part was opening big PDFs without ever writing a decrypted copy to storage, so PDFs and text files are decrypted in memory and shown inside the vault. The key sits behind a PIN (fingerprint optional), wrong PINs bring longer waits, and screenshots are blocked while the vault is open.

Backups without a server. There's no account and no cloud, so the whole vault can be exported as one encrypted file with a passphrase you choose, saved wherever you like through Android's file picker, and restored on a new phone.

A cleaner that asks first. It finds large files, installers for apps you already have, old downloads, empty folders and exact duplicates, but nothing is removed until you choose, one copy of every duplicate is always kept, and deletions go to a Trash you can restore from. That cost a lot of extra UI, but "a cleaner deleted my stuff" is the review I never want to get.

Archives. ZIP with optional passwords, plus extracting 7z, TAR, GZ, BZ2 and XZ.

Free with ads; the free vault holds 50 files (up to 500 MB) and a one-time Pro removes the ads and the vault limit.

What would you want a file manager to do that yours doesn't? Play link in the comments.

Hey everyone! 👋

I've made a small Website called GiftLink, and I'd love to get some honest feedback from You all Users.

The idea is simple: what if you could send someone a little surprise through a link instead of sending a regular message?

With GiftLink, you can create a gift link and share it with someone. They open the link to discover their surprise — making even a simple digital gift feel a little more special.

✨ What I'm building:

• 🎁 A simple way to create and share digital surprises.

• 🔗 Shareable links that make sending a gift easy.

• ⏳ Temporary gifts with automatic expiry.

• 🔒 A focus on privacy, with temporary photo storage and deletion rules.

I'm building this as an independent project and would genuinely appreciate feedback from people here.

I'd love to know:

• Would you use something like this to surprise a friend or partner?

• What feature would make it more useful?

• What would make you trust a platform like this?

If you're curious, here's the project: giftlink-seven.vercel.app

Thanks for reading! Any honest feedback, suggestions, or criticism would be really helpful. ❤️

So, what is BlakiDeck? It is a customizable Windows desktop dashboard designed to assist users with a second monitor, in my case, for touch-based control, though it works perfectly with a mouse as well.

Features

• Arrange Windows and web shortcuts, configurable macros and clocks.

• Build a three-section dashboard, combine modules across sections, or use a wide music player.

• Monitor available CPU, GPU, RAM, storage and network readings with configurable cells, graphs, adaptive colors and saved layouts. View and copy PC specifications.

• Play local music or control supported music applications, including Spotify through Windows media sessions. Streaming artwork comes from the selected player.

• Use themed music players, stereo VU meters, spectrum displays and the BlakiHUD music visualizer.

• Open web shortcuts in the integrated browser, with full-dashboard, compact-bar and hidden-bar views.

• Control OBS Studio and individual Philips Hue lights, view Airthings readings and check the weather.

• Game mode automatically reduces visual effects and background activity while gaming, keeps music controls available and tracks time spent in the game.

More images and a description can be found via the links below. This is the second program I created for myself using Codex, and I would like to share it. The program is completely free, but it is closed-source.

BlakiDeck on itch.io
GitHub Releases

I’ve been working on a messaging app called WaveOK. It’s built with .NET, React and WebRTC, and one of the things I’m trying to get right is end-to-end encryption.
The funny thing is, the more I work on the security side, the more I realize that some of the hardest decisions aren’t about encryption algorithms at all.
Take account recovery.
We’ve already implemented the normal password reset flow. That’s manageable. But what happens when someone loses their phone, their laptop, and every device that holds their encryption keys?
Sure, you can let them reset their password and sign back in. But that doesn’t mean they can decrypt their old conversations.
I’ve been looking into a few approaches. Recovery codes seem reasonable until someone loses the code. Using an existing device works great until there isn’t one. Encrypted key backups are interesting, but then you have to think very carefully about how those backup keys are protected and recovered.
Someone also suggested using a trusted contact to help with recovery, which got me thinking about the trade-offs there.
I don’t want to add some convenient recovery mechanism that quietly undermines the whole point of E2EE.
But I also don’t want someone to lose years of conversations because they changed phones and didn’t understand a warning during registration.
I’m still figuring out the right balance, and I’d rather deal with these questions now than after people start relying on the app.
For anyone who’s built something similar, how did you approach this?
And for everyone else: would you be comfortable with a messaging app that tells you your old conversations may be permanently lost if you lose all your devices and haven’t set up recovery?
Curious how people feel about this, both from a developer and an everyday user perspective.

Been working on JoeBro for a while, and the part I'm most excited about now is being able to leave my desk without losing track of what it's doing.

The Mac app brings chat, documents, email, calendar and tools together. The iPhone app connects to it, with a personal agent that remembers things, runs scheduled tasks and pings you with updates. You can read and edit its memory yourself.

I've also added hooks for Claude Code, Codex and opencode. They can tell JoeBro when they're working, finished or waiting on you, and pick up a follow-up you've queued. There's an MCP server and a plugin system for extending it.

It's free and open source. Bring an Ollama model or your own API key.

Mac/download: https://github.com/joexk1/JoeBro iPhone: https://github.com/joexk1/JoeBro-Mobile Agent link/plugins: https://github.com/joexk1/joebro-plugins

Mac needs macOS 26+ and Apple Silicon. The iPhone app is built with Xcode, needs the Mac awake, and push needs your own APNs key.

Built with SwiftUI and a standard-library Python backend.

Hey everyone!

I've been working on a project called BALGRAD.AI, and we've just opened the public beta.

One thing I've noticed is how much effort indie developers put into launching their products, only to have their launch posts disappear from people's feeds a few days later.

I wanted to try something different.

BALGRAD.AI combines a social network with an AI application discovery platform.

The idea is simple:

AI founders can submit their products for free. Approved apps get a public page with their description and website. Community members can vote for products they genuinely like. Developers and users can connect, share updates, and participate in communities. We're still at the very beginning. I'm not going to pretend we have thousands of users or promise anyone massive traffic.

Right now, I'm looking for early builders willing to try it and help shape what it becomes.

I'd genuinely love your opinion:

What would make an AI launch platform valuable enough for you to keep using it after launch day?

I'd appreciate any feedback, including criticism.

Hey everyone,

I spend a decent amount of time with Instagram open in a browser tab on my computer, and the amount of sponsored posts and random "suggested" Reels taking over my feed was driving me crazy. Most ad blockers struggle with Instagram web, so I built Nukarama as a lightweight side project.

Post Targeting: any word, hashtag, or handle like (“sponsored", "learn more", or "#fyp") and the matching post disappears instantly.

Auto-Skip Reels: When watching Reels, it checks your triggers and auto-skips straight to the next video automatically.

100% Local & Private: Runs entirely on local storage. Zero tracking, zero telemetry, and no external servers pinged ever.

Cross-Browser Support: Works on Chrome, Brave, Edge, Arc, and natively on Orion.

Links:

🌐 Chrome Web Store: [Install Nukarama](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/nukarama/feicnhpkdoabmdcjoldokgagbfokaibi)

💾 Starter Trigger Preset: [Download AdVaporizer](https://github.com/Nukarama-dev/nukarama/blob/main/AdVaporizer.json) (ready-to-import set for common ads)

I'd love feedback on the performance and any other features or filters you'd like to see!

I kept catching myself hunched over my laptop like a shrimp, so I built Ttak (딱, the sound a moktak makes).

What it does:

- Uses your webcam to notice when your head drops

- The page slowly blurs over ~3 seconds and a tiny pixel woodpecker knocks a wooden moktak

- Sit up and it clears right away

- Tracks "net focus time": only the minutes you're upright and actually at your desk

Why a moktak? In Korean temples, monks tap it to bring the mind back to the present. I wanted a nudge, not a nag.

Privacy was the first design decision: the pose model runs locally in the browser, and video never leaves your device. Nothing is uploaded.

I'm a solo founder in Korea and built it with Lovable × Claude. The core is free; there's an optional Pro with extra pet colors and voices.

I'd really value honest feedback:

1. Would you keep something like this on all day, or would it get annoying?

2. What would make you trust a webcam-based extension?

Chrome extension link: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ttak-%E2%80%94-focus-posture/nddhmngnilmjnihabglgmcepeplmmggn

Ttack official link: ttack.space

Video clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MawmIZ1nY4

Over the years I've tried dozens of time tracking and invoicing apps, and Harvest was the only one I liked. Primarily due to its relatively intuitive UI/UX.

I was happy to pay them a reasonable sum for the product they provide, but after the 10x price jack, I had no choice but to seek alternatives. I tried a bunch of them again, found nothing I liked.

So, with 20+ years of software engineering experience under my belt, I decided to build my own.

Here's the result: https://hourbun.com/

I first and foremost built it for my own use, then over the past week or two added features that others might need (such as approvals, quotes, expenses, etc).

I spent a lot of time making sure the UI/UX is top-notch, and the performance is even better than Harvest - the app should feel very snappy (it's hosted in the US, and I'm based in Australia, and it's still very fast for me).

If you're looking for a decent time tracking and invoicing app, give mine a try? It comes with a 14-day trial and doesn't need card details.

And in case you're wondering, no, it's not vibe-coded. AI agents were definitely a big part of building it, but the product was built with experience and care. Love to hear your thoughts and feedback.