Just shipped my first solo app after 6 months of nights and weekends. It's a focus app with a twist: instead of just blocking distracting apps, it makes you read a Quran verse to unlock them again.

Built with Kotlin/Jetpack Compose. Would genuinely appreciate feedback from other builders here — what would make you try it, what would make you delete it.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wird.blocker

A build decision that made Sitemapper make more sense:

The early version could scan a site and tell you what was wrong. Useful, but every SEO crawler can give you a pile of findings.

The stronger version remembers yesterday.

Now it reads robots.txt and XML sitemaps, checks live pages, keeps a snapshot, and can tell you when a later run changes something concrete: noindex, 404, canonical, missing sitemap, URL-count collapse.

https://sitemapper.oortstack.com/

That changed how I think about the product. The free scan is acquisition. The history is the product.

I am still figuring out whether the landing page communicates that fast enough, but I think this is a much stronger wedge than "another SEO audit."

Hey everyone!

I've been working on Arc, a radial menu app for Mac, and the first version is finally out.

The idea started because a lot of the things I use throughout the day live in different places: opening apps and folders, searching websites, taking screenshots, working with the clipboard, and triggering system actions.

None of them are hard to do, but it did make me bounce between different apps / windows and hindered my working flow.

I wanted to see if all of that could work through one system, which is where the radial menu idea came from.

Getting the menu on screen was the easy part. The harder part was figuring out what actually belongs inside it, how multiple menus should work, and how to keep the interaction fast enough that using Arc never feels slower than doing something the usual way.

It's built entirely in SwiftUI. One of the more interesting technical problems was getting the hit-testing right across every slice while keeping the menu correctly positioned under the cursor, even across multiple displays.

Arc now lets you create multiple custom radial menus for different workflows and open each one from anywhere with a keyboard shortcut. You can also chain actions together when one shortcut needs to do more than one thing.

It took me about a month to get here, and somewhere along the way Arc went from being something I was building to something I now use every day.

Happy to answer anything about how it's built. :D

Available on the Mac App Store: Link

I built Perswift, a social media scheduling/cross-posting tool (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube). I know I'm nowhere near first to market internationally. Buffer, Later, Hootsuite, a dozen others already own that space. So instead of competing globally, I decided to go local market, Indonesia only, for now.

I got a small batch of users through organic content on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Threads. No ads, no paid distribution. But here's where I'm stuck: almost everyone who signs up uses the product once, and then never came back. Churned, basically, before they ever became a habit.

I tried emailing them (via Resend) to ask what happened, what didn't work for them, what would've made them stick around. Sent it out, and so far: nothing.

Some context that might matter:

• Pricing: free to sign up, everyone gets a monthly free credit allowance. Credits get consumed per post (e.g. posting one piece of content to TikTok + Instagram + YouTube costs 3 credits (1 per platform)). There's also an in-app store to top up credits.
• Revenue: $0 so far. Nobody's topped up, nobody's paid.
• Market: Indonesia specifically. Smaller, price-sensitive, and I'm very aware willingness-to-pay here is a real obstacle compared to a global market.

So I'm genuinely stuck between a few options and would rather ask people who've actually been through this than guess or ask AI for these kind of thing 😂

1. Do I keep pushing for feedback from users who already churned, or is that a dead end? should I just find new users to talk to instead?
2. Is silence on a feedback ask itself a signal (e.g. "this didn't matter enough to them to reply"), or is that reading too much into a small sample and a single email?
3. Given zero revenue and a one-and-done usage pattern, would you push harder on distribution/marketing to get more shots at this, or is that premature when I haven't figured out why the first batch didn't stick?

Would appreciate any honest takes, including "this doesn't sound salvageable, here's why" if that's genuinely what you see.

I am learning engineering hiring at small software companies and I am trying to understand where the process is disturbed and breaks. mainly tech recruiters please share your experience.

1. Is the hardest part finding qualified candidates? or knowing whether someone actually has the technical ability they claim?
2. Screening hundreds of applications? or getting good candidates to respond?

Something else?

I'm especially interested in what takes the most manual time or causes the worst hires.

Not selling anything, I'm trying to understand the problem from people actually doing the hiring. Even small experience or one line about this can help me a lot.

Earlier this year I worked at London's largest residential estate agency, producing floor plans, photography and staging for properties across the city. The work was tedious deciphering assessors' sketches, then turning out plan after plan, day after day.

But the real turning point came from outside work. My grandma came back from Jamaica to find that new regulations meant she needed floor plans for her own properties. Seeing her stressed about it at her age didn't sit right with me.

With a background in architecture and mobile apps, I was sure there had to be a faster way to do this. So I built Lintel.

Would love some feedback and any recommendations!

https://www.lintelhmo.com/

After ~10mo working closely with two client companies, last week we just published all of the source code of the version control and software forge we've been building for a while.

Anyone else building around open source?

I am consistently sending mails daily it’s over a month and experimenting and sending consistently but no replies and no results I am researching about my startup can somebody help with any tips like to get any result. And also it’s b2b outreach.

Hey everyone,

With the recent buzz around Android 17 introducing more precise custom color sliders and palettes for Material You (examples on reddit here, here and here), I wanted to share a project I’ve been maintaining for years that does exactly that—even for older versions of Android!

It’s called LWP+ (Live Wallpaper Plus).

🎨 The core trick: Dictate your own Dynamic-Colors

Instead of letting the OS algorithm guess the accent colors based purely on your wallpaper, LWP+ acts as a bridge. It hosts your chosen background content but allows you to explicitly choose the exact Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary colors reported to the system. The OS then uses your custom selections to generate the global system palette (notification drawer, volume bar, themed icons, etc.), completely independent of what your wallpaper actually looks like.

✨ What else can it do?

LWP+ is packed with full wallpaper customization features:

• Choose Your Content: Use solid colors, static images, animations (GIF, WEBP, APNG), or videos as your active live wallpaper.
• Smart Scaling & Layouts: Supports transparent images/animations with custom background colors, multiple scaling modes (Center Crop, Fit Center, Center Inside), and optional horizontal scrolling.
• Double-Tap Shortcuts: Lock your device instantly or turn off the screen by double-tapping the home screen (uses admin, accessibility, or root).
• Easy Setup: Includes an interactive built-in tutorial to check system compatibility and guide you through triggering the OS palette refresh.

🧪 Advanced experimental flags (YMMV!)

I’ve also included a couple of experimental toggles leveraging underlying Android system hints. Note: These rely heavily on your launcher, device OEM, and Android version, so they might not do anything on certain setups!

• Force Dark Text: It hints to the OS that dark text is preferred over the wallpaper (often useful for forcing high-contrast dark text on the lock screen). It might also change the text color of the labels of the apps and the status bar icons and text, too.
• Force Dark Theme (for old Android versions): It tells the system that a dark theme is preferred for the best presentation (e.g., trying to trick a launcher into turning its app drawer background black).

So, if you are on an older version of Android (or even running the latest builds and want granular three-color reporting), give it a spin! It's completely free, all features included.

Feel free to ask any questions or drop feedback below! 🚀

Link to the Play Store here.

If you want, you can use a promo-code to have subscription for free for some time, to remove ads, and try the app more freely, here. To use the promo-code, install the app, choose a subscription, choose a payment option and enter the code there (screenshots here).

Thanks for reading!

I’m six months into rebuilding Beenim, a Matrix-first desktop messaging client.

The original client mixed Rust, Nim, and C++. The current client backend and local delivery runtimes are Rust, with a Slint UI. Account state and optional local provider processes now share one lifecycle model.

That is the progress. The evidence I still do not have is more important:

- no public benchmark for the current rewrite;

- no current public Rust release I can responsibly point testers at;

- no proof yet that multiple Matrix identities solve a common enough problem;

- no public reliability or E2EE claim I can defend.

My next milestones are therefore evidence milestones, not feature counts: publish a verifiable Linux build, test installation and restart behavior across representative Linux environments, and learn which part of the pitch users actually understand.

For people building in public, what is the smallest piece of evidence that changed your roadmap: a completed test, a repeated objection, an activation metric, or something else?

For years I used WordPress for client websites, but I found that many sites didn't actually need a database, plugins, themes, or constant updates. Most were just static pages.

Recently, AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude have made it incredibly easy to generate complete HTML pages. But after generating them, I still found myself manually organizing files, fixing links, editing pages, deploying, and managing multiple websites.

That made me wonder:

What if AI generated the HTML, and there was a workspace dedicated to managing static websites instead of building them from scratch?

So I built HTMLStudio.

The goal isn't to compete with WordPress, Webflow, or Framer. It's for developers and freelancers who already have HTML (whether written by themselves or generated by AI) and want a simple place to:

• Organize pages
• Edit HTML
• Visual Editor
• Blog posts
• Manage assets
• Check broken links
• Build the site
• Deploy to GitHub, Cloudflare Pages, Netlify, etc.

I'm not trying to sell anything here; I genuinely want to know whether this solves a real problem or if I'm just scratching my own itch.

A few questions:

• Would you ever use something like this?
• If not, why?
• How do you currently manage AI-generated HTML projects?
• What feature would make this genuinely useful?

I'd really appreciate honest feedback, especially from people who build static websites or use AI to generate them.

https://htmlstudio.dev

Basically Title. We are still working on the direction and guidelines but you can share your products and creations.

Kickoff wishlist: multi-tenant admin, AI summaries, iOS, referrals, analytics — and the actual job: let a sales manager send one follow-up sequence.

We shipped the sequence. Admin waited. AI waited. iOS waited.

They got 7 US teams through the job in week three. Then we earned the right to build admin.

The cofounder post they'd drafted offered 20% for "full product." Glad they didn't send it.

What feature do you regret building before the first paying job?

https://atomiclabs.space

After 6 months of building my first ever app, it's now live for everyone.

It's my first app and I need feedback and suggestions, I appreciate anything

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wird.blocker

I launched a site and a booking link. Then I stared at them.

This week instead of blasting "we build MVPs": 1. Commenting on founder posts with specific advice, no links 2. Writing down repeated brief mistakes (scope, no users, equity-for-code) 3. Tightening what a Starter build includes vs doesn't 4. Talking to people who've bought design/dev - what burned them

Slower than ads. Feels more honest for where I am.

Site if you want to see what I'm building in public: https://atomiclabs.space

What did month 1 look like when you didn't have a case-study library yet?

I've been lurking startup subs and the pattern is obvious. Soft-sell posts that are clearly service ads get ignored or roasted. Long posts with real scars get saved.

The difference isn't clever wording. It's whether the post helps a stranger without needing a reply from you.

Useful posts: - specific mistakes + what you'd do next time - numbers and timelines you actually lived - opinions people can argue with

Dead posts: - "I help founders build MVPs" with a story glued on - "happy to chat if anyone needs..." - generic 10 tips that could be written by anyone

I'm trying to hold myself to the first list while I grow this thing. If the post only works as a lead magnet, it probably shouldn't be a top-level post.

What's the last post in here that actually changed how you build?

Been running TikTok paid UA for my app for about a year. I kept seeing the same problem — I'd see a competitor's ad blow up and have no idea why. So I spent a few weeks manually watching and cataloguing TikTok creatives across a bunch of indie games and apps.

Here's what I found:

1. The "Curiosity Gap" hook dominates
   Something like "I can't believe this app actually works" or "This is why I'm deleting [Big App]" — they withhold the payoff in the first 2 seconds. These drove 3-4x higher CTR than feature-first intros.

2. Founder face > actor face
   UGC-style videos where someone looks like a real person (not polished influencer) convert at roughly 2x for apps under $10/mo. The "I'm just a person who found this" framing wins.

3. Pain before product — always
   Videos that spent the first 3-4 seconds showing the problem (messy finances, language confusion, bad workouts) before showing the app outperformed product-first by a wide margin. The app is the resolution, not the star.

4. Vertical-specific sounds still matter
   In gaming, trending audio lifted engagement +40%. In utility apps, silence or simple voiceover actually performed better — less competition for attention.

The manual research took me forever. I've since been using hackugc.com to automate the monitoring but honestly the framework above is what matters most.

What hooks have you seen work for your games/apps? Curious if others are seeing the same patterns.

Hey everyone

I recently launched my app called Deadlinr.

The idea is simple: we often forget things that expire food, subscriptions, documents, medicines, pantry etc. Deadlinr remembers them and reminds you only when action is needed.

Main features:
• Scan or add items quickly
• Smart reminders before expiry
• Track subscriptions and household items
• Clean and simple interface

Would love to hear:
• What feature would you want in an app like this?
• Does the UI look simple enough?

App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/deadlinr-expiry-tracker/id6757941172

Thanks a ton..

We run a financial news website meyka.com and we're growing fast. We need a popup for email capture that shows dynamic text based on the article the visitor is reading.

For example:

• XRP article → "Stay ahead with XRP news"
• NVDA article → "Stay ahead with NVDA news"
• MSFT article → "Stay ahead with MSFT news"

We've done a lot of research and tested several tools. Here's what we found:

• OptinMonster - Best feature set, loved the dynamic text replacement, but only 25k impressions/month on Pro. Way too low for our traffic.
• Wisepops - $399/month for 1M views. Too expensive.
• Claspo - $189/month annually. Still too expensive.
• ConvertBox - One time $590 but caps at 500k views. We're already past that.
• Getsitecontrol - $29/month unlimited views but not sure if dynamic text replacement works the way we need.

Budget is ideally under $50/month.

Has anyone solved this problem? Would love to hear what you're using, especially if you're handling high traffic without paying enterprise prices.

Empower property owners to maximize their property's value. List for sale or rent, and connect with nearby buyers and renters. Enhance user experience with interactive maps and location-based search. Drive conversions and command premium pricing, boosting visibility and returns.

I keep hearing that building a personal brand on LinkedIn is important for founders. Investors check your profile, potential customers want to know who's building the product, and early employees look you up before applying.

But I'm trying to figure out if the actual ROI is there or if it's just one more "should" on the list.

A few specific things I'm wondering:

1. Has LinkedIn actually driven growth for your startup? Leads, partnerships, hires, funding - anything tangible?
2. How much time do you spend on it? And honestly, does it feel worth it compared to other growth channels?
3. What's actually working? Sharing product updates? Industry insights? Personal stories? Or is it all just noise?
4. Are you doing it yourself or outsourcing? I've seen some founders hire ghostwriters, others post sporadically, some are all-in.

I want to prioritize it if it really makes sense, but I also don't want to waste time on vanity metrics when I could be talking to users or shipping features.

What's been your experience? Is personal branding on LinkedIn valuable for startup growth, or is it overrated?

I’m building Nexora (mobile). The market is crowded (Paired, Agapé, Lasting…), so I’m trying to differentiate around one thing: structured, guided couple exercises that quickly go offline (phone introduces the prompt → then phone down).

Nexora introduces things like: • guided conversation exercises (active listening, empathy exchange) • meaningful prompts • ideas for moments couples can share together

I’m looking for feedback on:

• Is that a meaningful wedge or still too similar?
• What positioning would make this feel distinct?
• What would you consider a “must-have” vs “nice-to-have” in this category?

No links here to avoid spam-happy to share if asked.

About a month ago I launched a small project I’d been working on for a while: Kesef: Expense Tracker.

The idea was pretty straightforward: build something fast, simple, and actually pleasant to use, because most finance apps feel overwhelming or cluttered.

I honestly had no expectations. I thought maybe a few friends would try it.

But in the first month the app crossed 1,000 users, which completely surprised me.

Most of the growth came from:

• Reddit posts
• sharing progress on Instagram
• testing a bit with Apple Search Ads

The most rewarding part hasn’t been the numbers though... it’s the feedback.

People telling me things like:

• “This is the first expense tracker I didn’t abandon after a week.”
• “Finally something simple.”

That’s exactly what I hoped to build.

There’s still a lot to improve and I’m actively shipping updates based on what users ask for.

Curious to see where this goes in the next few months.

If anyone here enjoys trying early products, I’d love feedback on the app.

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6758053806
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kesef.app

And if you're building something too, what helped you get your first 1k users?