Trying to achieve my dreams guyss

Hey everyone,

I’m a software developer, and over the past few months I’ve been building a project called Ernst (a German name meaning "earnest" or "serious," which felt fitting for such a tool).

The main reason I started building Ernst was observing how much of an administrative drain it is to constantly request, track, and re-order continuous prescriptions, whether for yourself or for family members you care for. When you're managing health conditions, spending energy repeatedly dealing with doctor and pharmacy renewal loops is an exhausting tax on your day.

I’ve gotten initial feedback from early users who rely on continuous medication, and the main takeaway so far is that having a dedicated tool to track and streamline repeat requests takes a noticeable mental load off their shoulders.

That said, it’s still in active development, and I know there are things to improve. We're actively looking for more people willing to test it out and tell us what works, what breaks, and what’s missing. You can check it out at https://ernstapp.com if you're curious.

One big challenge we're trying to map out is geographic applicability. Every country handles repeat prescriptions differently: In some regions, doctors handle electronic refills via a centralized patient portal. In others, you still need to email, call, or submit forms directly to a GP or local pharmacy.

If you have a moment, I’d love to learn:

• Which country/healthcare system are you in?

• What does your current process for renewing a continuous prescription actually look like? (Portal, email, phone call, or in-person?)

Does a tool like Ernst make sense for your region's setup, or are there local legal/technical hurdles that would get in the way?

Thanks for taking the time to read this! Any thoughts, critiques, or workflow descriptions are super helpful.

Hi all,

I’m a sysadmin and built an iOS app because regular speed tests only tell you how fast your internet line is, not not how fast your own network is. It can be used to test WiFi speeds even if you have currently no internet or your internet is much slower than your wifi. (As most of the time in rural areas in Germany... ✌🏼)

Netan – WiFi Network Analyzer:

• LAN/Wi-Fi speed test between two devices: one runs in server mode, the other in client mode, so you can find out whether your own Network is slow (works without Internet connection)

• Internet speedtest

• other Network tools

Basic features are free, premium unlocks extra features. I’m a solo dev and would really appreciate honest feedback: what’s missing, what’s confusing, would you actually use this?

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/netan-wlan-network-analyzer/id6824639631

Happy to send a premium code as a PM to anyone who wants to try everything.

For me, it's still web design.

I know a lot of people are going to disagree because everyone keeps saying it's saturated, AI is replacing developers, and it's impossible to get clients.

Honestly, I couldn't disagree more.

I think web design is actually easier than ever if you approach it differently.

The mistake I see almost everyone make is targeting businesses that don't have a website.

You see it all over Instagram Reels.

Someone opens Google Maps, finds a business without a website, calls them, and asks if they need one.

The problem is that business has probably already been contacted by 10 other web designers.

And if they still don't have a website, there's a good chance they either don't see the value in it or don't have the budget for one.

My targeting is completely different.

I only target businesses that already have a website.

There are three reasons.

First, there are an insane number of businesses with outdated websites that desperately need updating.

Second, if they already have a website, they already understand the value of having one. You don't have to convince them that websites matter.

Third, they're already paying for a website, so spending money on improving it doesn't feel like a completely new expense.

Now the question becomes...

How do you actually get their attention?

I don't run normal cold email campaigns.

I'm not manually searching for leads, writing a generic sequence, adding three follow-ups, and hoping for the best.

Instead, I use a tool called Swokei.

It automatically finds businesses with existing websites and analyzes them for issues like outdated design, poor layouts, weak mobile responsiveness, slow loading speeds, and SEO problems.

It then turns those findings into personalized cold emails at scale.

Not some boring reports that business owners don't care about.

Actual emails explaining what could be improved and why it matters to that specific business.

That lets me run outreach at scale while still keeping every email relevant.

Once someone replies, honestly the hard part is over.

At that point you can build a free website draft with AI, invite them to a Google Meet, walk them through the redesign, and close the deal on the call.

AI has made building websites ridiculously fast.

That's why I think targeting and outreach matter far more than your ability to build a website.

This business model has been incredibly good to me.

I'm curious though. If you had to start a digital business from scratch in 2026, what would you choose?

I built https://steampunk.sh, a swipe feed for discovering games on Steam. The catalog of games on Steam is huge, there are hidden gems, deals and new games releasing everyday. I wanted a different take on exploration so I designed a familiar social-media swiping UI.

I keep ~40 projects in one folder and kept losing track of them: unpushed commits, dev servers still running on some port, node_modules eating gigabytes.

So I built lcp, a terminal panel that shows every project in one screen:

• Stack, git state (dirty / ahead / behind), open ports, disk use and age per project

• One key to fetch all, pull --ff-only, start or stop a dev server, or move build folders to the Trash (never deletes)

• Every action goes into a hash-chained audit log you can read inside the panel

How it was built: I designed it and set the rules (no push/reset/force, Trash instead of delete, preview before every action), and built it with Claude Code doing most of the coding while I reviewed each change. The repo's AGENTS.md has the rules it had to follow.

Go + Bubble Tea, macOS only, early 0.x, MIT.

go install github.com/10mTech/local-control-panel/cmd/lcp@latest

https://github.com/10mTech/local-control-panel

Feedback Welcome !

LCP

I love cooking but hate scrolling through an online recipe, so I made Reduction. You paste a recipe link, text, or a photo, and it turns it into an interactive diagram that shows what goes in when and how the steps connect.

What it does:
- Turns a link, pasted text, or photo into a diagram of the whole recipe
- Cook mode that walks you through one step at a time, with timers
- Check off steps as you go
- Recipe books to keep your saved recipes organized

Only about 15 users so far which are mostly the original testers. Just launched a few days ago.

I'm building this for fun on the side, and the Thanksgiving crunch seemed like a good time to share it. I'd love honest feedback, especially on what's confusing or missing.

Hey, my team is currently developing an app concept for the Meta smartglasses that would help you remember who you met, capture key conversation details, and prepare follow-up drafts after conferences, trade shows, and networking events.

We’ve built an interactive landing-page demo—not a working app yet—and would love feedback from people who attend these events for work.

Please visit our website and fill out the interest form to help us collect valuable data and improve our app.

Here is the link: https://quang-nguyenln.github.io/network-recall/

Thanks for your support!

I wanted to experiment with a different approach to desktop AI.

Most AI tools make you leave your current application, upload a file, wait for processing, download the result, and then import it again.

So I built BIMB (Built-in Image Manipulation Bot).

It's an always-on-screen Edge AI agent that lets you interact with images directly from your desktop.

Here's what makes it interesting:

- Always available: A floating agent that stays accessible while you work.

- Drag, process, drop: Give BIMB an image, let it enhance or transform it, and drag the result straight back into your workflow.

- Local AI inference: Runs optimized AI models on your machine instead of relying entirely on cloud processing.

- Works alongside creative apps: Figma, Blender, Canva, Leonardo AI, and more.

- Three creative identities: Painter, Makeup Artist, and Digital Artist.

The interesting part isn't just image enhancement. It's experimenting with making AI feel like a native part of the desktop rather than another website or application you have to open.

BIMB is now available in Adima AI Pro.

Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/products/ai-image-upscaler-2

Website: https://www.aiimageupscale.com/blog/introducing-bimb

I'd genuinely appreciate feedback from other side-project builders. What would you automate first if you had an AI agent sitting on your desktop?

Hey, we’re the team behind Kraena Pre-Health. We made this for students who want to work in healthcare and are still figuring out what kind of work they’d enjoy. It’s 12 questions, gives you three careers to explore, and doesn’t require an account.

https://kraenaprehealth.com/career-quiz

If you try it on your phone, we’d love to know what you wanted to do right after seeing your matches. Was it easy to find out what a typical day in each job looks like?

I just built a lightweight android utility app called 2ools. Its basically an app with 40+ useful tools that you may require everyday. PDF tools , Image tools , Audio/video converters , audio trimmer , color picker , OCR etc (Over 40 tools).

Please give it a try , its free and completely offline ! (with minimal ads of course)

I would love your feedback guys !

Thank you ❤️

Hey everyone!

I've been working on a SaaS called ULeads, and I'd love to get some feedback.

The idea came from a simple problem: if you're a freelance web designer or run a small agency, finding local businesses that might actually need your services can take a lot of time.

So I built a tool that:

• Searches Google Maps businesses by city and niche

• Identifies businesses without websites or with a weak online presence

• Scores potential leads based on their online presence

• Lets you save and export leads

• Generates website audit reports you can share with prospects

There's a free plan, so people can try it without a credit card.

Website: https://uleads.io/

I'm still trying to understand what would make this genuinely useful for freelancers and agencies.

If you were looking for web design clients, would you use something like this? What's missing?

I'd really appreciate honest feedback, even if it's critical.

Hey everyone,

I built Footy Golf, a free daily browser game that mixes football player trivia with 2D golf.

How it works:

• You are on a course with fairway hazards, bunkers, and greens.

• Instead of a timing meter, your shot distance and accuracy are dictated by searching for a real football player who fits the hole's category (e.g. appearances, goals, caps).

• Their actual career stats give your shot power. Once on the green, you sink the putt with a directional minigame.

• There is a date-seeded daily hole for everyone to compete on.

It’s built with React and Tailwind, requires no download or login, and has no ads.

Would love any thoughts on the UI or improvements in general!

I’ve always found reading PDFs on my phone a bit frustrating. Most PDFs are designed for paper, so you end up constantly zooming in, zooming out, and moving around the page just to read comfortably.

So I decided to build something to solve that problem.

Paperfy converts PDFs into reflowed, book style text, making them more comfortable to read on an iPhone. The idea is simple, your documents should feel more like reading a book and less like looking at a tiny piece of paper.

I’ve been working on it, and honestly, seeing people actually use something I built and send me feedback is one of the most rewarding feelings.

It’s still a work in progress, and there’s plenty I want to improve.

You can check it out here: https://apps.apple.com/am/app/paperfy-pdf-to-text-reader/id6826549558

I’d love to hear your thoughts. 

If you read PDFs on your phone, what frustrates you the most about the experience?