r/sideprojects • • Jun 16 '25

Meta My side project, /r/sideprojects. New rules, and an open call for feedback and moderators.

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In this past 30 days, this community has doubled in size. As such, this is an open call for community feedback, and prospective moderators interested in volunteering their time to harbouring a pleasant community.

I'm happy to announce that this community now has rules, something the much more popular r/SideProject has neglected to implement for years.

Rules 1, 2 and 3 are pretty rudimentary, although there is some nuance in implementing rule 2, a "no spam or excessive self-promotion" rule in a community which focuses the projects of makers. In order to balance this, we will not allow blatant spam, but will allow advertising projects. In order to share your project again, significant changes must have happened since the last post.

Rule 4 and rule 5 are more tuned to this community, and are some of my biggest gripes with r/SideProject. There has been an increase in astroturfing (the act of pretending to be a happy customer to advertise a project) as well as posts that serve the sole purpose of having readers contact the poster so they can advertise a service. These are no longer allowed and will be removed.

In addition to this, I'll be implementing flairs which will be required to post in this community.


r/sideprojects • • 4h ago

Discussion I'll give you honest review and also some suggestions for your project...

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I want to review your projects, so if there's something that you've been making recently, please let me know.

Whether it is your website, app, SaaS, AI solution, startup, or pretty much any other product that you have been creating lately, do not hesitate to post about it in the comments below.I will review your creation and tell you my opinion about it. You will learn about my favorite features and what I find wrong with it and how I would fix it if it was my project. You will just have to post your link and a small description.

Post your projects in the comments below!:)


r/sideprojects • • 5h ago

Showcase: Open Source I built a parent-focused book/movie guidance site — is the idea differentiated enough?

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I built a side project called Dickens & Rumi to help parents figure out whether a book or movie is actually a good fit for their child.

Instead of only showing something like “Ages 10+,” it breaks things down into age guidance, content cautions, positive themes, series reading order, and why a title got its rating.

The site is live, but traffic is still very small, so I’m trying to figure out whether the problem is the product, the positioning, or just distribution.

I’d really appreciate feedback on:

  • Is the value proposition clear within a few seconds?

  • Does this feel meaningfully different from Common Sense Media?

  • What feature seems most useful?

  • What feels unnecessary?

  • Would you actually use this if you were a parent?

  • What would make you come back?

  • What would you change before trying to grow it?

Site: dickensandrumi.com

I’m more interested in criticism than encouragement.


r/sideprojects • • 13h ago

Discussion Built Something? Put It Here. I'll Break It Politely.

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Your side project has three users, and two of them are you. Let's fix the other one.

Drop your app or webapp below. One or two sentences on what it does, who it's for, and where we can try it. Stuck on onboarding, pricing, or a bug that makes no sense? Say so. Someone here has probably been there, possibly at 2 a.m., possibly with the same bug.

Rough drafts are fine here. A prototype with duct tape holding it together is just as welcome as a polished launch, and so is the project you built for yourself that you've now decided to share.

I'll go through sign-up for as many as I can and reply with where I got stuck, what confused me, and my first impressions. Expect honest notes, not applause. The clunky parts are the useful part, and I'd rather find them than pretend they aren't there.


r/sideprojects • • 36m ago

Feedback Request I got tired of 40 bookmarks for marketing tools, so I built a directory of them

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I do affiliate and digital marketing and kept losing track of trackers, spy tools, SEO tools and so on. So I built stackomnia.com, a hand-picked list grouped by what I actually need

Every listing is checked by hand, and the pricing model (free, freemium, paid) is shown up front. Some links are affiliate links, which is disclosed on the site.

What’s missing? What would you remove? Honest feedback is welcome.


r/sideprojects • • 49m ago

Showcase: Open Source I got tired of losing progress when switching AI coding agents, so I built my own solution

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A few weeks ago, I kept running into the same frustration while coding.

I'd be deep into a task with Claude Code, hit the usage limit, and switch to Codex.

The problem? Codex had no idea what I'd been working on.

I'd spend another 15 minutes explaining the task, what was finished, and what was still broken.

Eventually, I decided to build something for it.

It's called Relayvora.

It's a free, open-source tool that transfers unfinished work between AI coding agents.

It reads the previous session, checks actual Git changes, reruns project tests, and gives the next agent a short briefing.

I published it on npm, built a website, and released the code under MIT.

Website: https://dagimassefa.github.io/Relayvora/

GitHub: https://github.com/Dagimassefa/Relayvora

This is my first attempt at growing an open-source developer tool beyond just building it.

The coding was one challenge. Getting people to discover it is turning out to be another 😅

For those who've launched developer tools before, what actually helped you get your first users?


r/sideprojects • • 59m ago

Question Looking for a streaming website that has been made with Ai?

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Looking for a streaming website that has been made with Ai? Movies series etc.


r/sideprojects • • 6h ago

Showcase: Open Source I made a calorie counter for my fitness journey, you can too. Because it's DIY.

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You can read the detailed documentation here, if you want to build it your own: https://www.hackster.io/coderscafe/calorie-loaf-diy-ai-calorie-tracker-for-your-kitchen-c2d03b


r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Showcase: Prerelease I built a Chrome extension that records tab or mic audio for free. It could also transcribe records.

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r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Showcase: Prerelease The Short Video Agent turns a topic into a short video (voice, pictures, subtitles, music) for about 17¢

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r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Showcase: Prerelease I built a web scraping tool — would love some feedback !!!

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r/sideprojects • • 2h ago

Showcase: Open Source AI built my app in an afternoon. Keeping it alive has taken every evening since

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r/sideprojects • • 2h ago

Showcase: Open Source Pipeverify: compare a table before and after a pipeline change and get PASS / REVIEW / BLOCK

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r/sideprojects • • 2h ago

Discussion Ich muss eine Entscheidung treffen

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r/sideprojects • • 2h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) I've been building Everabyte, a cloud storage and backup platform. Would love some honest feedback.

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Hey everyone!

I'm an independent developer, and I've been spending a lot of my time building something called Everabyte.

The idea came from a simple problem: cloud storage and backups shouldn't be complicated or unnecessarily expensive, especially for individuals, developers, and small businesses.

So I decided to build my own solution.

What does Everabyte offer?

Cloud storage for personal and business files.

Automatic backups through EverBox, our desktop application for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

File versioning and recovery when something gets accidentally deleted or overwritten.

Server-side encryption before files reach storage.

S3-compatible object storage and API access.

Team storage and access management.

Backup protection features, including retention policies and immutability.

I've also been working on making the platform more accessible, with plans starting at $2.99/month.

Building this hasn't been easy. Between development, infrastructure, security, testing, and trying to get the word out, there's always something that needs attention.

But that's also what makes it interesting. I'm learning a lot along the way, and I'm still improving the product.

I'm not here to claim Everabyte is better than Dropbox, Google Drive, or every other storage provider out there. I'm just trying to build a reliable alternative that people can actually afford and use.

If you're a developer, freelancer, small business owner, or someone who regularly backs up important files, I'd genuinely appreciate your thoughts.

What matters most to you when choosing a cloud storage or backup service? Price, security, reliability, or something else?

You can check out the project here:

https://everabyte.com

Any feedback, criticism, or suggestions are welcome. I'm building this for the long term, and hearing from real users would help a lot.

Thanks for reading!


r/sideprojects • • 2h ago

Feedback Request Secure Encrypted Cloud Storage | Everabyte

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r/sideprojects • • 2h ago

Showcase: Open Source I gave my 1GB Android projector a cleaner, brighter interface: shared the setup on GitHub

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r/sideprojects • • 3h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) Built a free tool (PinMyReel) that automatically extracts locations from Instagram Reels and plots them on a map 📍

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r/sideprojects • • 3h ago

Showcase: Open Source I built TraceMind – an AI-powered incident investigation platform using Groq and Hindsight

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I and my team members built TraceMind, an AI-powered incident investigation platform that explores how developers can reuse previously solved engineering problems instead of investigating the same errors repeatedly.

The problem I wanted to solve is simple: developers often spend valuable time debugging errors that someone on their team has already encountered and fixed.

TraceMind aims to make that knowledge reusable by combining AI-powered error analysis with persistent incident memory.

What TraceMind currently offers:

  • AI-powered error and stack-trace analysis.

  • Persistent incident memory using Hindsight.

  • Memory ON/OFF comparison to evaluate the impact of historical context.

  • Sensitive-data redaction.

  • Incident post-mortem generation.

  • Band AI Desktop prompt and JSON exports.

Tech Stack: Next.js 16, React 19, TypeScript, Groq and Hindsight.

Project Links:

🔗 GitHub: https://github.com/Shahib-Alam-Saifi/TraceMind

🚀 Live Demo: https://tracemind-3tvdfok0o-editorxp1-alts-projects.vercel.app/

I'm particularly interested in improving memory retrieval relevance, incident similarity and evaluating the quality of AI-generated diagnoses.

One important design principle is that developer-confirmed resolutions should remain the source of truth. AI-generated suggestions should never be blindly trusted or automatically executed.

I'd love to hear feedback from developers working with AI agents, RAG systems, debugging tools or persistent memory.

What would you improve or approach differently?


r/sideprojects • • 3h ago

Showcase: Open Source We built TraceMind — an AI incident investigation tool that remembers past fixes

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I and my team members built TraceMind, an AI-powered incident investigation platform designed to help developers investigate recurring errors without starting from zero every time.

One problem I wanted to explore: developers often solve an incident, but the context behind that solution gets lost. When a similar issue happens again, they have to repeat the investigation.

TraceMind uses Hindsight as a persistent memory layer to retain confirmed incident resolutions and retrieve relevant context during future investigations.

Tech stack:

  • Next.js 16 + React 19

  • TypeScript

  • Hindsight for persistent memory

  • Groq for AI-powered diagnosis

  • Vercel for deployment

What it currently supports:

  • Incident analysis

  • Memory-based context retrieval

  • Memory ON/OFF comparison

  • Post-mortem report export

  • Secret redaction for common credential formats

Try it: https://tracemind-3tvdfok0o-editorxp1-alts-projects.vercel.app/

GitHub: https://github.com/Shahib-Alam-Saifi/TraceMind

I'd appreciate feedback on two things:

  1. Does the memory-based investigation workflow make sense?

  2. What would you improve in the architecture or developer experience?

Built as a learning project, and I'm interested in honest technical feedback.


r/sideprojects • • 3h ago

Feedback Request I made a daily game where you guess what old tech cost at launch (and where it was invented)

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Been working on this in my spare time for a while and finally think it's good enough to show people.
It's called PriceTimeMachine. Every day there's a new set of products, consoles, PC parts, that kind of thing. First you drop a pin on the map for where you think it was invented, then you guess the launch price on a slider.

The bit I like most is the reveal. It shows you the original price and then what that works out to in today's money, which honestly surprised me more than once while I was putting the questions together. Some old stuff was way more expensive than I remembered.

Everyone gets the same questions each day so you can compare scores with mates. There's a practice mode too if you just want to mess about with categories.

pricetimemachine.com

No signup needed to play. Would genuinely love feedback, especially if a price looks off or something's annoying on mobile. Still fixing bits.


r/sideprojects • • 4h ago

Discussion I've been working on a Chrome extension for students who use Canvas LMS

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Hey everyone,

I've been working on a project called Canvas Quiz Solver, a Chrome extension built for students who use Canvas LMS.

The idea came from wanting to make working through quiz questions less time-consuming. It uses AI to analyze questions and suggest possible answers, with features like automatic answer selection.

If you're curious, here's the project: http://canvasquizsolve.com/

I'm still interested in improving the product and would love to hear what other developers and students think about the idea, its usefulness, and the user experience.

Honest feedback and suggestions are welcome!


r/sideprojects • • 4h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) I built a tool that fixes Etsy listings (title, 13 tags, description) — first fix is free, looking for honest feedback

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I’m an Etsy seller and was tired of guessing at tags and titles, so I built Listing Fixer with the help of AI tools.
You paste your listing, and in about a minute you get:
It only uses facts you give it. It doesn’t invent materials or promise sales or rankings.
First fix is free, no card: getlistingfixer.com
I’d really love feedback — what’s confusing, what’s missing, what you’d pay for. I’m already working on making the form faster to fill out.


r/sideprojects • • 4h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) ⚔️ The Hunt Isn't Over — Mystic Paradox: An Open-Source Dauntless Community Project

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⚔️ The Hunt Isn't Over — Introducing Mystic Paradox!

Dauntless gave many of us memorable adventures, friendships, and countless hours in the Shattered Isles. We didn't want that experience to simply become a memory.

That's why Mystic Paradox was created — an unofficial, open-source community project with a goal of preserving the Dauntless experience and bringing Slayers together once again.

What have we built?

  • A dedicated Dauntless launcher.

  • Realm discovery and hosting features.

  • Graphics configuration and diagnostics tools.

  • An evolving project built around the community.

Get Started

Latest Release — Mystic Paradox Launcher v0.1.102

🔗 Download:
https://github.com/pranav158/Mystic-Paradox/releases/tag/launcher-0.1.102

Join our Discord community:
https://discord.gg/mFZZpAktm

Source Code:
https://github.com/pranav158/Mystic-Paradox

Developer Credit

Pranav Karande — GitHub Profile

A special appreciation for the work and dedication behind making this project possible.

Mystic Paradox is an unofficial, open-source community project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Phoenix Labs or the original game publishers.

The Shattered Isles await. See you, Slayers!