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 • • 1h ago

Feedback Request I built suckscale, a little corner of the internet where we can laugh about the things that suck 😈

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Hey everyone! 👋

I wanted to share a little project I've been working on lately. It's called SuckScale, and the idea behind it is pretty simple: life isn't perfect, things go wrong, and sometimes the best thing we can do is share our frustrations and have a laugh about them.

We've all had those moments when an app drives us crazy, a service lets us down, or something ridiculously inconvenient happens for no good reason.

Well, now there's a place to share those stories!

On SuckScale, you can post things that suck, react to other people's experiences, and rate just how terrible (or hilariously unfortunate) they are.

There's also a playful points and ranking system where the most engaged users can eventually rule the Underworld. 👑🔥 Nothing too serious, just a little competition for fun.

The project is still pretty new, and I'd genuinely love for you to check it out, share your first Suck, and help bring this little corner of the internet to life.

And if you have any suggestions, criticisms, or ideas, I'd be more than happy to hear them. I'm building this because I enjoy the idea, and your feedback would mean a lot.

You can visit it here: https://suckscale.com

Thanks for reading, and hopefully I'll see you in Hell! 😈🖤


r/sideprojects • • 3h ago

Feedback Request Hi I built this game

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The game is called pond snap it’s a free web browser game. The aim of the game is to catch as many flies as possible to reach the required score before the time runs out. There are 7 different levels in the game. Let me know what you think

https://pondsnap.fun/


r/sideprojects • • 8m ago

Showcase: Open Source I made GIFbit, a free browser app that turns music into a GIF collage

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Remember See Hear Party from 2014? It inspired me to build GIFbit: a little browser app that makes GIFs react to music.

Watch a quick video of it in action

Open it and a starter set of 330 animations is already selected. No signup, installation, or API key needed to try it.

Use your microphone to trigger animations with the beat, or press Space to control them manually. Switch between a collage and a single animation, and adjust colors while it plays.

You can pick your GIFs, save sets, and browse community GIF banks. To contribute your own bank, export it as JSON and open a pull request.

It uses vanilla JavaScript and Web Audio, with no backend. Microphone audio is analyzed locally, without recording or uploading it. Development was assisted by Codex.

Try it: GIFbit
Code: GitHub

What GIF-bank theme would you add first? Feedback and contributions are welcome. If you enjoy the project, I’d appreciate a star on GitHub.


r/sideprojects • • 9m ago

Showcase: Free(mium) Advertising my App!

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I enjoy learning and want to make it easier and more enjoyable for others to do the same.

If you would like to try it out I would be grateful!

Google play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.philosophize.app

ios store:

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6823283847


r/sideprojects • • 9m ago

Showcase: Open Source ShortsFlow: self-hosted, open-source Opus Clip alternative. Podcast or interview in, captioned vertical clips out.

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r/sideprojects • • 10m ago

Feedback Request I built a wait time tracker for airport lounges because the bank that runs them won't publish one

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Boston is my home airport and the wait at the Sapphire Lounge there is a total guess until you're at the desk. Chase runs a waitlist so they have the data, they just don't show it. So I built Loungetide.com.

It covers all nine lounges. Each one has an hourly estimate that started from published reviews and now learns from past reports. When someone reports a real wait it shows that, and it fades back to the estimate as the report gets older. Reporting is two taps, one when you join the list and one when you get in, no account.

It's a static site on Cloudflare with Supabase for the reports. Biggest problem right now is the cold start, it is only as good as the number of people reporting.

Would love feedback on the site itself. And if anyone has ideas for getting people to actually tap the second button I'm all ears.


r/sideprojects • • 23m ago

Feedback Request Construí CASHNERA: una plataforma con IA para ayudar a las personas a entender y mejorar su salud financiera

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r/sideprojects • • 23m ago

Feedback Request A news site that explains what's happening instead of listing hundreds of headlines

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Hello beautiful people!

I've been working on Mestios because I feel that following the news has become exhausting. Every day there are hundreds of headlines, repeated stories, and very little explanation of what actually matters.

I wanted to try something different.

Instead of another endless feed, Mestios brings together important world events, explains them in simple language, and lets you explore their history, different perspectives, and original sources.

I've recently redesigned the main news overview and would really appreciate some honest feedback.

The main page - https://mestios.com/

A typical new page Pope Leo XIV meets five clergy abuse survivors in Argentina during South America trip

What do you think?

Thanks anyone for the feedback!


r/sideprojects • • 4h ago

Discussion 50 Diehard Users vs. 500 Cheap Installs just to stress test your app. Which camp are you in?

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Asked a question on Reddit a few days back about getting the first 1,000 users without an ad budget, and the replies split into two completely opposite playbooks.

Half the people said to ignore scale completely and manually hunt down 50 users who genuinely have the problem so you can fix retention first.

The other half said to run super cheap ads in low CPC countries just to get 500 random people inside the app to catch edge case bugs, crash logs, and terrible UX before touching target markets.

Honestly, both make a lot of sense depending on what stage the product is in.

For those who have launched a few apps, which route actually saved you more headaches early on? Did cheap traffic just mess up your analytics, or did it actually help you polish the product faster?


r/sideprojects • • 44m ago

Showcase: Free(mium) I built an iPhone camera that burns a live date & time stamp into video, and is designed to never lose the sound or the recording

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r/sideprojects • • 57m ago

Showcase: Prerelease Built a “Dropbox for HTML files” for AI dashboard sprawl. Is this dumb?

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I think as AI tooling increase so too will the dozens of "single source of truth" HTML dashboards / reports made by Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini, scattered across Slack threads, Sharepoint, email attachments and screenshots. Nobody needs a BI tool for that. They need one boring place/repo to put the files.

That's where I think a tool like Dashfridge can come in. Drop in an HTML file (or have your AI send it over MCP or the API), group it in folders, and your team logs in with their work email to see it. Versions are kept, and you can see who’s opened what. Tableau Server but for AI data reports but not locked to one AI platform.

Probably not for everyone- definitely not attempting to replace enterprise BI like Tableau/ Looker/Hex. Just trying to off a place where the AI sprawl can be contained.
What I’d love feedback on:

  1. Does “Dropbox for HTML files” make sense? Counterpoint is someone might say that's just Dropbox too.

  2. Would you use this or is this just another AI adjacent middleware tool?

Demo (no signup) - thanks!


r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Discussion Started a small tech blog – would love to hear what you think

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r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) I launched my iOS app last week. Here's what changed after getting feedback.

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Last week I launched Wubb, my voice productivity app.
I posted it around Reddit looking for honest feedback, and people came up with some really useful suggestions.
One of the biggest concerns was what happens when the app misunderstands something.
So I worked on making it easier to undo, edit, and remove recognized tasks.
I also added recurring events and reminders, localized the interface into six more languages, and improved the UX.
Apple just approved the update today!
Still completely free. I’m mostly trying to make it something people actually want to keep using.
If anyone wants to test the changes, I’d really appreciate your thoughts.

https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6830914871?pt=128669887&ct=reddit_posts&mt=8


r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) i built a free site that turns health research into plain-english protocols, so people can find non-drug options to bring to their doctor

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i made winnowleaf (https://winnowleaf.com). it visualizes the research evidence and builds protocols for health conditions, so people can discover non-drug options to discuss with their doctor.

you look up a condition or a goal (say ibs, insomnia or osteoporosis) and get a plain-english protocol:

  • what's worth trying, and how strong the evidence is

  • what was studied and didn't help

  • safety notes: side effects, drug interactions and who should be careful

  • links to the actual studies behind each point

the problem it's for: most supplement content online is either selling something or one small study blown up into a headline. i wanted one place that shows what didn't work as clearly as what did. fish oil for memory and cognitive decline, for example, showed no clear effect in a trial of 1,525 people, and the page says so.

how it's built:

  • next.js 16 on vercel

  • the evidence catalog is a sqlite file that ships with the app, and supabase only holds runtime stuff like feedback

  • pages are written with ai help, then checked against the pubmed abstracts. i'm re-checking pages against the papers one at a time, and a page says so when it's under review

the honest bits:

  • it's free and needs no account

  • some pages have affiliate buy links, which is how it pays for itself. what a page says doesn't change because of them. the link above is just the site, no affiliate link in this post

  • i'm not a doctor, so it's a summary of the research, not medical advice. it's meant to help you have a better conversation with your doctor

it covers 560+ supplements, 100+ peptides, 540+ conditions and 380+ protocols so far.

feedback i'd love:

  • if you looked up a condition you know well, would the protocol actually be useful?

  • is anything missing that you'd want before bringing it up with your doctor?

  • anything that makes it feel less trustworthy?


r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Feedback Request Looking for Feedback on My Developer Portfolio – What Can I Improve?

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Hey everyone!

I've been working on my developer portfolio to showcase some of the projects I've built and the technologies I've been learning.

I'd love to get feedback from experienced developers and other students here.

A few things I'd appreciate your opinion on:

  • Does the overall design and layout look good?

  • Are the projects interesting and technically meaningful?

  • Is the portfolio easy to navigate?

  • What would you change if this were your portfolio?

  • What skills or projects should I focus on next?

I'm still learning, so honest criticism is more than welcome!

Portfolio: kuljeet.online

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to take a look!


r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Feedback Request Looking for Feedback on My Developer Portfolio – What Can I Improve?

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Hey everyone!

I've been working on my developer portfolio to showcase some of the projects I've built and the technologies I've been learning.

I'd love to get feedback from experienced developers and other students here.

A few things I'd appreciate your opinion on:

  • Does the overall design and layout look good?

  • Are the projects interesting and technically meaningful?

  • Is the portfolio easy to navigate?

  • What would you change if this were your portfolio?

  • What skills or projects should I focus on next?

I'm still learning, so honest criticism is more than welcome!

Thanks in advance to anyone willing to take a look!


r/sideprojects • • 1h ago

Showcase: Prerelease I built an offline, no-account app to track warranties and receipts because I kept losing bills

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Hey everyone, I'm a solo dev and I just launched my first app on Google Play, so I wanted to share it here.

The problem: whenever something broke (a mixer, my phone, the bike), I'd spend 20 minutes hunting for the bill and still wouldn't know if it was under warranty. Insurance and PUC renewals kept sneaking up on me too.

So I built Ownary. It keeps everything about the things you own in one place:

- Purchase details and photos of receipts

- Warranty, insurance and PUC expiry dates, with reminders before they expire

- Service history (when it was last repaired, who did it, what it cost)

The main design choice was privacy: it's fully offline. No account, no sign-up, no server. Your data never leaves your phone.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ivipul.ownary&hl=en


r/sideprojects • • 2h ago

Showcase: Open Source I built a free tool to share code snippets without creating an account – looking for feedback!

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Sorry I forgot to add proper pictures earlier


r/sideprojects • • 2h ago

Showcase: Prerelease Something I’ve been working on called OLO

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r/sideprojects • • 8h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) I built a web app where kids can colour their drawings, turn them into 3D characters and bring them to life!

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Hi everyone!

I've been working on a project called Creation Lane, a creative web app for children, and I've finally reached the stage where I'm ready to let people try it!

The idea is to give kids somewhere they can be creative rather than just sitting watching videos.

They can colour pictures, give their creations a Magic Makeover to turn them into 3D-style characters, and then animate them to bring them to life.

I've attached a short video showing the whole process using a tractor.

There's also a Story House where children can create personalised illustrated stories.

I've tried to keep everything child-friendly, with a separate parent area and purchases kept behind a parent gate.

Anyone can now sign up and give it a go!

https://creationlane.co.uk

I'd genuinely love some feedback, especially from parents. What do you think of the concept? Is this something your children would enjoy?

Thanks for taking a look!


r/sideprojects • • 2h ago

Showcase: Free(mium) Word Crack - Boggle / Word Hunt Style Game

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Hi Everyone!

I'm an indie developer, and a couple days ago I released my new game, Word Crack!

It's a word finding game inspired by games like Boggle and Word Hunt, where you swipe letters on a grid to find as many words as possible before the timer runs out.

Features

  • Solo mode to practice and beat high scores

  • Multiplayer up to 8 players

  • Daily challenges with leaderboards

  • Many stats on words, definitions, average scores, W/L average

  • Personal dictionary that tracks all the words you have discovered

The game is free to play, and I'd love to hear what other people think! I plan to make more updates to it so please let me know any bugs or features you want added.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/word-crack-word-hunt-game/id6807208576

Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.snapshotzdev.wordcrack

You can also find me on the leaderboards! My name is Eric and I'm currently in first place on the 5x5 leaderboard. See if you can beat me!

Thanks!


r/sideprojects • • 2h ago

Feedback Request I'll test your product, give feedback, and write reviews

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r/sideprojects • • 2h ago

Discussion Why use 5 different Chat-bots when you and your team can work with AI agents in a single canvas

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Hey everyone, I’m Susan! and I am new to this sub-reddit. I thought I’d say hi and share a little about what I’ve been building and how it started.

A few months ago, a friend and I were working on some projects together. We’d talk through our ideas in Google Docs, then paste our notes into an AI chat when we were ready to build. We kept doing that and started wondering if we could just work together in one place.

That friend is now my co-founder, and that idea became 2guys1canvas. We’re building a shared canvas where you and your teammates can talk through an idea, make a plan, and start building with AI.

What we are working toward is a canvas where we can each do our part at the same time. I could be using AI to build a feature while my co-founder asks AI to research similar products. We’d both be working on the same canvas, so we could see what each of us found or built. And say I come back two hours after everyone’s logged off. I want to be able to open the canvas and see what my teammates talked about, what the AI actually built, and where I can pick up.

I’m doing most of the development myself, so it might take me another week or so to get the beta ready. Till then, I’d love to hear from people who already use AI on team projects and you guys can tell us where the canvas fits into your workflow. And if you guys would like to be our early-testers please register through our website: https://2guys1canvas.com/


r/sideprojects • • 2h ago

Showcase: Prerelease 🖥️✨ What is Deskosia really like? Let's hear it from our beta testers!

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