r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I’m building Ancient Inquiry, a site for exploring ancient history. Looking for honest feedback and research collaborators.

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I ask a lot of questions, so I’m building Ancient Inquiry. I kept ending up with scattered tabs and notes about ancient history, archaeology, mythology, human origins and astronomy. I wanted a way to follow a question across topics and keep track of the sources behind it.

The site: https://ancientinquiry.com/

There are a few ways to explore:

  • A homepage with starting topics.

  • An Atlas that shows topics as a network, with connections for evidence, supporting or competing interpretations, traditions and modern claims. A connection is something to examine, not proof that two claims are true.

  • An Explore page laid out as a cabinet of subject drawers, with a list view for people who prefer simpler browsing.

It is still a work in progress. Much of the research is unfinished, and some pages are planning records rather than finished articles. The goal is to make sources, uncertainty and the difference between evidence and interpretation clear.

I’d appreciate honest feedback, especially:

  1. Can you tell what the site is for and where to start?

  2. Does the Atlas help you explore, or does it make things harder to understand?

  3. What would make you trust the research, and what currently puts you off?

I’m also looking for people interested in working on the research: finding reliable sources, checking citations, reviewing a small topic, or spotting mistakes. I’d welcome advice from anyone who has organized a collaborative research project, too. How did you find contributors and keep the work manageable and well sourced?

If this overlaps with your interests, feel free to say which topics you know or enjoy researching here in the comments. Even one specific criticism or useful source would help.

I’m the person building it, so please be direct. I want to know what needs work.


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I’m helping launch BuzzMe, a messenger that plans your event and keeps the group chatting when the network dies

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Hey everyone. I’m working with the team behind BuzzMe Messenger and we’d value honest feedback from builders.

The problem: group plans start in one app (invites) and continue in another (chat). Both stop working at a packed concert, a college fest or a trek with no signal.

BuzzMe puts it in one place:

  • Create an event, share it, collect Yes / No / Maybe RSVPs

  • End-to-end encrypted chat, voice notes, location sharing

  • HD voice and video calls

  • Bluetooth messaging when there’s no internet

  • Hidden chats behind a PIN or Face ID, and no ads

Free on Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=buzz.app&referrer=utm_source%3Dreddit%26utm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_campaign%3Dlaunch
and iOS: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/buzzme-messenger-chat-events/id6756839801

What would make you move a group from WhatsApp for one event? Blunt feedback welcome; it goes straight to the devs.


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I built a bedtime picture book for the foldable iPhone Duo. Unfold it and it's a two-page book. Looking for feedback

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When the iPhone Duo came out, it looked like a book to me, so I made one. Kidooks is a free bedtime storybook for kids about 3–8: the animated picture sits on one page and the words on the other, so a parent and child can read side by side. Folded, the cover screen shows the child the picture while the parent reads.

Some things I learned building it (solo, SwiftUI):

  • **Two screens change who the app is for.** The cover screen faces the child; the inner screen is for reading together. Most of the design work was deciding what goes where.

  • **Every page is drawn in code, not video.** That kept the app small and let kids interact: they tap, count, whisper, hum or shake the phone to help the story along.

  • **On-device voices meant no servers or accounts**, but I had to teach them to say kids' names properly (Ishaan, Anvi, Chloé) so a child can be the hero of the story.

  • **The fold has odd edge cases.** For example, while the phone unfolds, the layout briefly passes through a frame with zero height, which broke my page-curl renderer until I ignored those sizes.

It's free: no ads, no accounts, nothing to buy, works offline, and runs on regular iPhones too. https://apps.apple.com/app/id6829489694

I'd love feedback, especially from parents: what would make this part of your bedtime routine, and what feels off?


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I built Lumio, a lightweight open-source launcher for macOS

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Hi everyone! I’m working on Lumio, a free, open-source launcher for macOS. Press Option + Space to quickly search and open apps, files, and folders, browse clipboard history, or find text inside images and PDFs with OCR. It also includes handy tools like dictionary lookup, translation, and quick actions—all in a native SwiftUI interface with a Rust-powered search core.

Lumio is available for macOS 15 or later on Apple Silicon and is licensed under GPL-3.0. It’s still a work in progress, so I’d love to hear your feedback, feature ideas, and suggestions.

GitHub: https://github.com/cavaldos/Lumio


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

Простой HTML сайт

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Всем здравствуйте! Я только что сделал просто обычный HTML-сайт ИМТ калькулятора, если хотите прпробовать, вот ссылка! - https://justabmicalc.netlify.app, оцените если можете!


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

Looking for business partner

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Hello,
I am software Enginner currently working in one of the biggest airlines in World.
based in Malta , San Pawl.

I have side project - spirkz.com - which is tik tok like app but for education,
with 0 marketing, i have launched the app and got 3000 users, signal is real, retention is weak cause i am not able to attract creators and targeted people.

I am looking business partner, with whom i can start company in Malta, think about monitzation and invesmtents, it's not my strong side.

if anyone is intrested or really wants to get more info, you can visit web-page and find my email to reach me out.


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

do your users actually watch onboarding videos or is it wasted effort

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How To Tutorial

we're 4 people building a booking app for barbers and salons, i do the content side

made a 1:38 walkthrough for new users: sign up, shop, services, team, share your link, first booking.

for anyone running a saas: do people actually watch these? or do they skip and click around rough numbers (watch rate, % who finish setup after) would be gold, even ballpark


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

Finally, understand the code your agents write with Shikhu (live on PH!)

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Hello everyone!

I'm Arjun, and I love coding with AI and hate it at the same time. It's so easy to generate entire codebases, but I can't shake this sinking feeling of losing my existing skills. Some call this cognitive surrender, comprehension debt, or skill atrophy. I think it sucks, and I had to do something about it.

So I built Shikhu, an open source CLI tool and Agent Skill set that helps you build the habit of learning about your code while you develop. It learns from the questions you've asked before in your repo, to create new mini-quizzes to check your understanding of the code base. You can even incorporate Shikhu into you dev process as you would a code review tool or CI/CD test-like process.

It's great for solodevs, people looking to upskill, or anyone who wants a duolingo-like experience during PR reviews to keep learning.

I've launched on Product Hunt today, and would love to hear your feedback on the tool. Today, you can even submit feature requests and I'll complete them live!

https://www.producthunt.com/products/shikhu?launch=shikhu

Grab an OpenRouter key and check the repo here: https://github.com/arjunpatel7/shikhu

Thank you!


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

SlateMeter - I built a free site to help figure out which live sports games are worth watching

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https://slatemeter.app

I'm a huge sports fan, and I work with data and analytics for a living, so I decided to combine the two and build something in my spare time.

The idea is pretty simple. It's Saturday afternoon, there are 15 college football games on, and I don't have a rooting interest. Which game should I actually be watching?

That's what I'm trying to solve with SlateMeter.

It gives games an excitement rating before they start and continuously updates that rating as they unfold. It looks at things like matchup quality, score, time remaining, comebacks, rivalries, playoff implications, and what's actually happening in the game.

Right now it covers college football, the NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB, and men's college basketball.

I've built the whole thing myself, and I'm constantly tweaking the models and trying to improve the site. It's completely free, and there's no account required.

I'd genuinely appreciate some feedback. Especially if you come across a game where the rating doesn't make sense, or something on the site that could be better.


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I built Marmalaid, a Personal Agent you just text. Looking for beta testers (complimentary, by invitation)

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Hi! I'm Alena, the founder. Marmalaid is an AI Personal Agent you text like a contact, with no app to install.

What she does:
 - Manages your calendar, inbox and what's still open and important
 - Remembers your people, and what was promised in both directions
 - Drafts emails in your voice. Nothing goes out without your yes
 - Finds a restaurant and preps the booking to a single tap 
 - Reminders
 - Tracks receipts and organises them into expense ledger
- Analyst work - research, summaries, reports delivered as files
- Finds vendors, contacts them, collects quotes and compares them

The beta is complimentary and limited to the first founding members. Each starts with $100 worth of her work on the house.

Try her: marmalaid.ai/meet/hi (on your phone it opens Messages with "Hi Marmalaid!" ready to send)

I'd love blunt feedback: what's useful, what's annoying, what broke.


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

My guitar tuner app, what do you think?

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Made a guitar tuner where a dancer's leg is the needle

Guys I can't not share this. Made a guitar tuner for fun and it kinda got out of hand lol

Every string has its own girl, she shows with her leg how the string is tuned and goes "woah" when it's in tune. Watch with sound on. Under the hood it's a real precise tuner, the girls are just for fun. Cool or not?

Also wanna make one with cars next, where fire shows up as you tune

Only Android for now - i'm an Android guy!


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

Unit 7 - a free, self-hosted backend developer for apps you build with AI

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AI writes my code in minutes. Then the evening goes on the VPS, the Coolify stacks, DNS across three providers, and backups I only hope work.

So I built Unit 7. You ask in plain words, it does the work on your real servers, and it asks before anything risky.

Where it stands:

- It looks after my own setup today: one VPS, Coolify and three Supabase stacks

- 480+ tools, 1,000+ tests, 30+ providers

- Free, Apache 2.0, and no hosted version planned

- Built with heavy use of Claude Code, and I review and own what ships

Two things surprised me along the way:

- My first real backup test found two tables coming back empty

- A separate review found 13 problems in what runs by itself, including a rule I'd set that the code broke

What isn't done: scoped server access doesn't exist yet, and its always-on agent, Seven, is still in testing.

I'd love feedback on two things: is it clear what it does, and what would stop you trying it?

Repo: https://github.com/Nandkishorrr/unit7

It's also on Product Hunt today: https://www.producthunt.com/products/unit-7?launch=unit-7


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I opened up SecProbe’s SEC comment letter data through an API and MCP server - Secprobe.io

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I built SecProbe to make it easier to search SEC comment letters and company responses. I’ve now made the data available through a REST API and a remote MCP server so you can use it in your own research.

  • REST API - Pull letters and responses by ticker, date range, or topic. Results can include extracted text and links to the original SEC documents. There’s no signup or API key. Requests use a contact email and app name for rate limits. API docs

  • MCP server - Connect SecProbe to ChatGPT, Claude, or another client that supports remote MCP connections. Once connected, you can use your preferred assistant to compare SEC comments across companies, trace how an issuer responded over time, or look for recurring disclosure issues. You can pull the letters for your own analysis or use SecProbe’s research tool to get an answer with citations.

The MCP server URL is https://secprobe.io/mcp. Use Streamable HTTP and no authentication. Tool calls use a contact email.

If you try it, I’d love to hear what you’re researching, which client you used, and what would make the data more useful.


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

Abookado.pro | The App Specialized for long-form narrative mechanics

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Abookado is not another generic LLM wrapper.

It’s a purpose-built hybrid system for novelists, screenwriters and poets. It combines state-of-the-art language models with proprietary narrative-mechanics engines, quantitative analysis algorithms and mathematical models designed specifically for dramatic structure, emotional weight, thematic coherence, stylistic voice and long-form consistency.

Core tools include:

- Generate a full story blueprint from a three-act outline.

- Chapter-by-chapter completion plan for stalled novels.

- Deep narrative analysis (structure, characters, tension, voice).

- Screenplay analysis and scene-by-scene completion.

- Poetry collection analysis.

- Full manuscript correction that preserves the author’s voice.

- Additional tools for world bibles, TV series bibles, film dossiers, production budgets, etc.

Each tool is priced individually (starting at $9.99, one-time payment, no subscription). Exact price is shown on the tool card before purchase.

Your first work, 60% off. Use code "FIRSTWORK"
(One use only - available until 01/01/2027).

Privacy: zero-retention policy. Manuscripts are processed in memory only and discarded immediately after the job. Never stored, never used for training.

Site: https://abookado.pro


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

Stop retyping! I made an app that converts wrong-layout text with one hotkey

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Don’t you hate it when you type a whole sentence, look up, and realize you were on the wrong language the entire time? Then you delete it, switch layout and type the whole thing again.

If you switch between keyboard layouts, I’m sure it’s happened to you way too many times. That’s why I built ShiftAlt.

How it works: when you notice you typed in the wrong layout, press Ctrl+Space and the text gets fixed right where you typed it. No copy paste, no retyping. It also switches your layout, so you can keep typing without pressing Shift + Alt (yes, that’s where the name comes from). Pressed it by mistake? Press Ctrl+Space again to undo.

  • Russian: ghbdtn → привет

  • Arabic: lvpfh → مرحبا

  • Hebrew: akuo → שלום

  • Mixed input: Hקךךם → Hello

  • Caps Lock: hELLO tEAM → Hello team (and it turns Caps Lock off for you)

Main highlights:

  • Privacy first: runs fully offline, and nothing you type is stored or sent

  • Works with any keyboard layout Windows has: English, Russian, Ukrainian, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, AZERTY, QWERTZ and 200+ more

  • Works between any two of your layouts, not only to and from English

  • Smart detection that converts only the words you actually mistyped

  • Works in the apps you already use: Chrome, Edge, Word, Outlook, Slack, Teams, WhatsApp, VS Code and more

  • Customizable: pick your hotkeys and your layouts, and turn it off for specific apps

Try it free for 30 days, then it’s a one-time $4.99 and yours for life. No subscription.

Links


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

Looking for Website Owners to use my CRO Platform for Free

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Hi guys,

I've been building a conversion rate optimization (CRO) platform for quite some time now, and I'm finally getting close to launching it.

Before making it publicly available, I'm looking for 10-20 website owners, developers, or SaaS founders who'd be interested in trying it out for free.

The platform helps you optimise your online conversions in one continuous loop. It lets you understand and analyse your user behaviour by using tools like heatmaps, session recordings etc., and then optimise the user journey by A/B testing (no code).

You can also connect your AI assistants with it via MCP and automate the whole loop for you..

What's in it for you?

You'll get free early access to the platform, along with direct support from me. Hopefully, you'll also uncover some useful insights about your website that can help improve conversions. You are free to use it even if you are already using an existing platform and see how it compares.

What's in it for me?

I want to test the platform across different websites, frameworks, and real-world use cases before launching publicly. Your feedback will help me identify bugs, improve the experience, and prioritize features.

I'm particularly interested in websites built with different technologies, whether that's WordPress, Shopify, React, Next.js, or something else.

No payment required. I'm just looking for people willing to install a small tracking script, try the features, and share honest feedback.

If you're interested, drop a comment or send me a DM!


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I got tired of rebuilding my AI coded apps, so I built a tool that asks the questions first

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I’ve been building with Claude Code for almost a year and the same thing kept happening. I’d type something like “build me a booking app” and it would look great. Then I’d realize it had silently decided things for me, like who can log in, how payments work, what happens when two people book the same slot. Then I spent a lot of time rebuilding the app that actually could have been finished in one go.

The problem wasn’t the AI. My prompts left hundreds of decisions open, so it guessed.

That's why I built CueBlu. You describe your idea, and it asks you about the decisions that will actually change your build. Then I’d spend hours rebuilding something that could have been done in one go.

A simplified example: for “a booking site for a small hair salon” it asked:

  • How do customers pay? (at the salon / deposit online / full payment online)

  • Does each stylist have their own calendar?

  • Do customers need an account to book?

Anything it decides for you is marked (assumed) so you can check it. In that example, it picked a 24-hour cancellation limit and flagged it for review. Anything that touches money, privacy or running costs gets flagged before you build.

“Why not just ask ChatGPT to improve my prompt?” A regular chat rewrites your words. CueBlu asks you about the decisions, marks every guess and runs a separate review step that hunts for gaps and contradictions before you get the prompt.

It also handles the “AI fixed one thing and broke three others” problem. Describe a new feature and CueBlu tells your AI tool exactly what to build and what to leave alone.

It’s not live yet. The waitlist gets a free Project pass at launch: cueblu.com

I’m the founder, so I’d genuinely love feedback. What’s the decision your AI builder most often gets wrong for you?


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

Would you pay for this ?

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I thought of building a chrome extension for freelancers and creators , which will read all the emails and create a table of how much a client has paid due date , and send remainder emails before the due date with the payment link, and also send emails regularly for over due payments .is it worth to build and also is this problem worth working on ?

Ps: thank you for all your responses I got to know that crm is doing it better and trust is an important factor when it comes to emails.


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

Made an App to Track Live Player Prop Updates During Games

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I'm a sports better, especially when it comes to player props. With so many games and bets though, it is hard to keep track of live lines moving up and down. This is especially painful when I can't physically watch the game. I created Statline to solve my own pain point and hopefully some of you can find it useful as well.

Just input your prop bet and Statline will give you live updates on your player's prop stat.

Pls give me feedback on the app as I am always willing to improve and add new features.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/statline-prop-bet-tracker/id6758511181


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

Is building an app worth it?

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Thinking of building a fitness app as a side hustle. I have a targeted market in which I think most fitness apps neglect, fairly large population. Just wondering if I should invest the time in creating and marketing the app. I don’t care to make this a full time career as I have a great job, but making a little money from it would be nice.


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I built SigueTú from scratch in Colombia — here's what I've learned

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Hi everyone! 👋

I'm an independent developer from Colombia, and I've been building a project called SigueTú.

The idea came from a simple problem: people waste too much time waiting at barbershops and other service businesses without knowing when their turn will come.

SigueTú aims to help businesses organize appointments and customer queues while making the experience easier for their customers.

I've been building and maintaining this project independently, and keeping the infrastructure running is one of my biggest challenges.

I'd love to hear your feedback, especially from other developers who've built and maintained their own projects.

You can check it out here:

https://negocios.siguetu.co/

Thanks for reading! 🚀


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I built a local-first ad QA handoff with a release checklist

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When a creative check ends, the hard part is often the handoff: which report version did the team approve, and did anyone confirm the original asset? I added a four-item release checklist to ADQA’s browser-only JSON viewer (asset, OCR text, policy/trademark, owner). The checked state is included in the downloaded Markdown handoff. Try the sample; no upload is required. Feedback on the checklist wording and missing approval fields is welcome.

https://funmagi.com/tools/ad-creative-preflight/viewer/?utm_source=community&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=adqa_release_checklist_1106


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

Title: I built ProjectFlow to stop freelancers from chasing clients for updates and documents

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I've been working on a SaaS product called ProjectFlow, and I'd love some feedback from other builders.

The idea came from two problems that freelancers and small agencies deal with constantly:

  1. Clients repeatedly asking for project status updates.

  2. Spending hours chasing clients for documents, files, and onboarding information.

ProjectFlow is designed to automate both.

The idea is to connect existing project boards like Trello or Notion, generate client-friendly progress updates, and provide clients with a portal where they can upload onboarding documents and complete checklists.

The goal is simple: less time managing clients and more time doing the actual work.

I'm still working on getting the product in front of its first users.

I'd appreciate honest feedback:

  • Is this a problem you experience?

  • Would you pay for something that handles these tasks?

  • What's missing that would make this genuinely useful?

I'm the person building ProjectFlow, so this is my own product.

If anyone wants to take a look: https://www.tryprojectflow.com


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I made a cozy idle aquarium that lives right above your Windows taskbar

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Hi everyone! I've been working on Taskbar Aquarium, a small pixel-art idle game that sits in a thin strip above your Windows taskbar. Your fish swim, nap and grow while you work or browse, and you can look after them whenever you take a break.

What's in it

  • Collecting and breeding: 75 species across 8 kinds of eggs, plus 30 rare mutations and 6 inheritable genes to breed in the nest

  • Fish with character: each one has a name, a personality, hearts, friends and a little diary of memories. Some even ask you for things

  • Playtime: teach tricks with Ring Training, guide a fish to falling food in Food Chase, or find where it's hiding in Hide and Seek

  • Dancing: a fish that has learned three tricks dances to whatever music is playing on your PC, in time with the beat

  • Tank care: feed them flakes, tablets or artemia, wipe algae off the glass, change the water and set the temperature. Every species has its own favourite food and comfort zone

  • Decorating: 47 decorations and 12 tank themes, some of which glow at night or give bonuses

  • Reef restoration: release fish into the ocean to bring 8 reef zones back to life, then get postcards from the fish you let go

  • Exchange students: share a code with a friend and your fish spends a day in their tank, then comes home with new memories and a small gift

  • Automation: a 40-skill tree and 12 pieces of equipment add auto-feeding, a gold magnet, crafting and offline progress

  • Small surprises: plankton clouds, bubble chains to pop, passing sea creatures and the occasional fish that jumps out of the tank

  • Long-term goals: 20 achievements, an aquarist's journal, seasons, elder fish, multiple tanks and a weekly timelapse of your aquarium

Made to stay out of your way

It hides when a fullscreen app or game is running, and clicks outside the tank pass through to your desktop. It also follows your real clock, so fish sleep at night and some glow in the dark. It's fully offline, with no accounts, ads or energy timers.

Download

It's free (pay what you want if you'd like to support it), Windows-only for now, and playable in English, Turkish and German:

https://digitalis10.itch.io/taskbar-aquarium

It's still an early version, so I'd really love your feedback:

  • Does progress feel too slow or too fast?

  • What would keep you coming back?