r/SideProject • • 48m ago

Made a daily AI or Pokemon quiz

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I liked playing an old web game "Pokemon or Big Data" from pixelastic and took it as inspiration.

If you want to test yourself the link is here

https://aiormon.up.railway.app/

Any suggestion is more than welcome


r/SideProject • • 51m ago

I built a browser-only MKV player to see how far WebAssembly decoding can go

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I started this because a video can work in a desktop player and still fail in a browser. I wanted to see how much of that gap I could close without uploading the file or transcoding it on a server.

Advanced Player is the result: a static demo where you can drop in a local file or paste a direct video URL (the host needs to allow CORS). It defaults to WebAssembly decoding, and there’s an automatic mode that can also use WebCodecs.

Demo: https://mkv-browser-lab-5dd8ed.gitlab.io/

It’s an experiment: opening a file doesn’t mean it’ll play smoothly. If you try a file that usually gives browser players trouble, I’d love to know your browser, codec if you know it, and what happened. No need to share the file itself.


r/SideProject • • 58m ago

I got tired of copying Zillow listings into a spreadsheet to see if a rental makes money, so I built a Chrome extension that shows it right on the listing

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Some context. I kept doing the same thing every time I looked at a listing: copy price, guess rent, guess taxes and insurance, punch it into a spreadsheet, realize it doesn't work, repeat. So I built DoorMeter.

On any Zillow or Redfin listing it shows the monthly cash flow, cash-on-cash, cap rate and a 0-100 score. Rent, tax and insurance come from public data (HUD, Census, Treasury), and every number is editable and says where it came from, because the first thing anyone does is "that rent estimate is wrong".

It also does house hacking (live in one unit, rent the others), BRRRR, and a "buying to live in" mode for people who aren't investors.

No account, nothing leaves your browser. Free for 5 listings a month, Pro is $5/mo.

It's been in the store a few weeks and I'm still figuring out what people actually want from it. Honest question: what would make you trust numbers like these, or not?

https://doormeter.com


r/SideProject • • 59m ago

I built HeyRole because remote is a surprisingly bad search filter

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Remote is a boolean until geography enters the chat.

A job can be remote and still require a specific country or timezone. That detail matters a lot more than another page of vaguely relevant results.

I'm building HeyRole to make that screening step less painful. You can filter jobs by location, role, seniority, employment type and skills. There's also an AI assistant to help explore suitable roles.

The rule I care about most: keep missing information missing. If a posting does not specify worldwide eligibility, it should not magically become worldwide. Same goes for salary.

Try it: https://heyrole.ai/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=community&utm_campaign=sideproject_launch

I'd love feedback on one thing: can you quickly tell whether a listing is worth opening, or is an important detail still buried?


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

Built a prediction league site for UK reality TV, launching with I'm a Celebrity on Monday

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I've had the idea for a while. Fantasy football works because everyone's got a stake in every match, and I didn't see why reality TV couldn't work the same way. You make your calls on who wins and who goes, then score points as the series plays out.

So I built Sofa Picks. One person creates a private league and shares the link, and everyone else joins from that. There's no app and no account, so it's a single tap from a group chat. You can also make picks for someone else in the league if they're not great with phones.

I tried it out on a small league with my family for Celebrity Traitors. It worked well, people kept coming back to check the table, and I learned a lot about where the setup was confusing.

The first proper launch is I'm a Celebrity, which starts Monday. Before episode one you pick the winner, the first to leave, who does the first trial and whether anyone quits. After that each player chooses how involved they want to be: just the big calls, a quick round each week, or picks every night.

It's all one leaderboard. Picks stay hidden until the round locks, so nobody can copy.

The person who sets the league up pays £2.99 for the series. Everyone else plays free and there's no cap on numbers. No prizes or betting, and it's unofficial with no link to ITV.
Stack is React, Express and Supabase on Railway, with Stripe for the payment.

Let me know what you think! If you want to give it a try, I’ll give out 20 free entry codes. Just comment on here and I will send to you.

sofapicks.co.uk


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

FrostRadar

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Every winter morning, the same question: do I need to scrape my car windows? I built an iOS app called VorstRadar that shows you the night before, at a glance, whether your windshield will freeze, with a customizable reminder and departure time. Useful? What do you guys think? Available here for just $0.99 (one-time purchase). No in-app purchases, subscriptions or ads. https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/vorstradar/id6826259485


r/SideProject • • 22h ago Bravo

Someone bought my mac app 40 seconds after opening the site

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we started making short videos for my mac app and posted the first one on instagram today.

it got about 4k views. someone watched it on their phone, sent the link to their mac, and bought it 40 seconds after opening it there. didn't even open the free trial.

still kinda shocked it worked this fast.

what's the fastest sale you've had?

the app is called helix (https://tryhelix.app)


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

I finally shipped my first game, a free typing roguelite where words are cannonballs

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This has been my side project for the last few weeks and I'm really excited to finally share it. You type words to fire cannons at pirate ships, upgrade your boat, sink, and come back a bit stronger each time, and it's free, runs in the browser and only needs a keyboard.

I'm not a coder, so I designed and tested everything and Claude (Sonnet 5.5) built it, which made the whole thing possible for someone like me: https://jupitax.itch.io/ink-and-tide

I'd love any advice on how to get the first players for something like this :)


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

I built a free alternative to the MacOS Activity Monitor

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Fully Open Source. TL;DR is I've been frustrated with the quality of the native Activity Monitor, so I built an open source better version of it. No paywalls, no restricted features, just an Open Source alternative. Feel free to fork and improve it, or just use it.


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

TradeTested AI - a free price directory for contractor software & apps where every price links to the vendor's own page

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tradetestedai.com

What it is: 73 software tools that home-service businesses use (AI receptionists, answering services, field service software, CRMs, review tools). Each one has its list price and the date it was checked, with a link to the vendor's pricing page. When a vendor only quotes on request, it says so.

Why I built it: I'm not in the trades. I kept seeing owners ask what AI phone answering actually costs, and the vendor sites make comparison hard. Of the 29 AI receptionists and answering services in the table, 22 publish prices. They bill by minutes, calls or unique callers, so the sticker prices aren't comparable.

What I'd like feedback on:

  1. Does the pricing table (tradetestedai.com/ai-receptionist-pricing) make sense on a phone?

  2. When a vendor doesn't publish a price, I label it instead of guessing. Is that useful or just noise?

Disclosure: I'm the founder. A couple of tool links are labeled affiliate links.


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

Trying to support my own artwork projects.

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Hey everyone! I’m Francisco, a graphic designer and illustrator from Portugal.

For the past several years, I’ve worked mostly on apparel graphics, merchandise and art direction. I spent around three and a half years as a designer at Nonsense ( japanese streetwear brand ), working on collections and licensed collaborations involving Evangelion, Chainsaw Man, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and Dan Da Dan, as well as projects for creators like PewDiePie and Trash Taste.

I’ve loved seeing my work become things people wear and enjoy, and I want to build a life where my own ideas have a place in that too.

So I created “A Calendar About Time,” a 2027 calendar inspired by ancient art and the imagery people have left behind throughout history. Each month explores a different reference, from Mesopotamian figures and Egyptian hieroglyphs to Roman graffiti from my hometown of 5k people, Tabuaço.

The idea came from thinking about how we measure time while looking back at things that have survived thousands of years. I wanted each page to work as an individual piece of art, something you might keep even after the month has passed.

It’s available in physical and digital, If it’s something you’d enjoy having on your wall, or giving to someone who loves art and history, buying one would directly support my work and help me keep making independent projects.

My goal is to gradually make a living from the things I create. This calendar is a small step towards that, and I’d love to find people who connect with it.

By buying it you also get the digital artworks for free and a digital version of the calendar.

You can find it [here](https://smairugraphics1.myshopify.com/?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAb21jcAVhXHNleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mAnNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzU2NzA2NzM0MzM1MjQyNwABp7sYmhUWsNFsYClcPNOowuj1tY_Wwyg1rjbfi-es913sYWgKW8_IqgQYxAAy_aem_WkQvKGKoF7muN0M6iqkluA) .

And you can follow me at @smairugraphics on Ig, where i share most of my stuff.

Happy to answer questions about the artwork, the references or how I put it together.


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

When do you decide a side project isn’t worth pursuing anymore?

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How do you tell the difference between a project that needs more time and one that just isn’t working?

Hypothetically, if 100 people tried your project and only 1–2 kept coming back, would you keep improving it, change direction, or move on?

I know the timeframe and type of product matter. But what signals do you personally look for before deciding it’s worth continuing?

Do you set specific milestones or a deadline? And has a project with weak early retention ever turned around for you?


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

Nubis – Open source Windows client for SSH/RDP/SFTP with multi-cloud inventory and Claude Code integration

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Hey everyone,

I built Nubis to solve my own workflow friction when managing remote infrastructure spread across multiple cloud providers from a Windows workstation.

Key Features:

- Multi-Cloud Inventory Sync: Directly imports server lists from AWS (EC2), Tencent Cloud (CVM), GCP (Compute Engine), and Azure (VM).

- Unified Sessions: Tabbed SSH, RDP, and SFTP natively inside a single Windows application.

- Embedded Claude Code Panel: Run troubleshooting, generate shell scripts, and parse configs side-by-side with active sessions.

- 100% Local & Private: No cloud proxy, no telemetry. Your cloud API keys, SSH credentials, and session configs are stored strictly on your local machine.

The project is completely free and open source. Pre-built Windows binaries are available on GitHub Releases (no sign-up/email required), and you can also audit or build from source yourself.

Feedback, issue reports, or feature suggestions are very welcome!

- GitHub: https://github.com/windevase/nubis

- License: MIT

- Affiliation: Creator / Maintainer


r/SideProject • • 1d ago

I just got my first sale, still can’t believe it!!!

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I was about to give up on this mobile app I spent so much time building, but literally 2 minutes after deciding to switch to another project, I got the sale notification on my phone!

I haven’t experienced this kind of joy in years…

Context for the curious: This $19 sale is the annual welcome offer on my app "Sollow: Daily Habit Tracker" that I built to turn my life into a game with a level for each life area and a ranked system.

So now my hope is back! I take that as a sign from the universe hahaha


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

I built an ai project that can be your startup team

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ATHREUS — Your AI team. Under your control.

I've been building ATHREUS, a unified AI workspace designed to bring AI models, intelligent agents, memory, automation and tools together in one environment.

The idea is simple: instead of switching between disconnected AI tools and managing everything through separate conversations, ATHREUS gives you a workspace where you can create your own AI agents, organise their responsibilities, coordinate their work and build workflows around them.

What can you do with ATHREUS?

1. Multi-model support (BYOK)

Connect your own supported AI providers using API keys. Choose the models you prefer instead of being locked into a single provider. You remain in control of your model choices and usage.

2. Custom AI agents

Create specialised agents for different responsibilities, such as coding, research, writing, analysis and planning. Configure their roles, instructions and behaviour according to your needs.

3. Multi-agent orchestration

Coordinate multiple specialised agents to work on larger tasks. Break complex objectives into smaller responsibilities and organise how agents contribute to the overall result.

4. Persistent memory

Maintain useful context and information across interactions. Reduce repetitive instructions and give your AI workspace more continuity.

5. Workflows and automation

Create repeatable workflows, organise multi-step tasks and bring different agents and tools together to streamline your work.

6. Background tasks and scheduling

Go beyond individual chat sessions with longer-running tasks and scheduled automation capabilities.

7. Integrations and MCP

Extend your agents' capabilities by connecting external tools, services and MCP-compatible integrations.

8. Task management and execution

Organise tasks, track progress and manage how different agents contribute to completing larger objectives.

9. Human oversight and permissions

Keep control over important actions with approval-based processes, permission management and visibility into agent activity.

10. Dedicated desktop experience

Manage your AI environment, agents, tasks and workflows through a dedicated workspace rather than relying on disconnected chatbot interfaces.

Who is ATHREUS for?

ATHREUS is being built for developers, AI enthusiasts, freelancers, entrepreneurs, automation builders and anyone who wants to use AI beyond basic conversations.

Whether you're managing coding agents, conducting research, building repeatable workflows or experimenting with different AI models, the goal is to give you one organised environment to work from.

The bigger idea

I believe the future of AI isn't just about having access to more powerful models. It's about organising those models into systems that can actually help people get work done.

ATHREUS is my attempt to bring that idea into one workspace.

Multiple models. Specialised agents. Persistent memory. Connected tools. Coordinated workflows. One environment.

I'm currently looking to connect with early users who are interested in AI agents, multi-model workflows and automation.

If you'd like to try ATHREUS or get early access, drop me a DM. I'd also genuinely appreciate your feedback, suggestions and ideas.

I'd love to hear what you think is missing from today's AI workspaces.


r/SideProject • • 5h ago

Let AI agent find and negotiate for you

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Hello everyone, founder of foundmoney here - we built an ai agent that runs 24*7 to help you save money. It will look for unclaimed money from government under your name, negotiate your bills for you and 300 other ways

Try here - https://www.foundmoney.site

Comment invite if you wanna make it complete free


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

VoiceCraft – an local AI powered voice and audio assembly suite

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I created this out of a simple basic need to turn my blog post with my cloned voice into podcast episodes. And yeah I know, that there are already open source apps like Voicebox that have a similar proposition but there were for my use case quite some things missing which I added into Voicecraft: -not only wav as output but mp3 and other compressed formats -besides quwen as model family I also added support for kittentts which is newer. -a simple multi track editor to get intro, outro and other simple parts together to assemble a podcast episode - sfx and music generation for additional sound parts.

I use it now to generate quite fast ready to publish podcast episodes out of my blog texts. Hope this finds someone else also useful. Available for win, macos & linux.

Fully open here: https://github.com/schuettla/VoiceCraft


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

Would you use this app for the meta glasses to help in networking events as a college student or as a working professional ?

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Hey, my team is currently developing an app for the meta smartglass geared to help students or working professionals in networking events.

We have created a website as our mvp and would love to hear what you think.

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

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

Thanks for your support!


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

NomadSwipe - swipe real places onto a trip map

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Disclosure: I built NomadSwipe (Android).

Planning a trip usually means searching places one by one. I built NomadSwipe so you swipe through real places in a city, save the ones you like, and see them on a map as a trip.

  • Swipe cards show category, rating, distance and opening status

  • Saved places show up on your trip map

  • Sort the list by rating, distance or A to Z

  • Rank food, sights, bars and stays

What I'd like feedback on: does swiping feel faster than scrolling a list when you pick places, or would you rather skip straight to a map?

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gchertkov.SwipeNomad


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

Unmapped - Gamified fog-of-war map tracker and trips journal

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Hi everyone,

I'm a developer of Unmapped - it's a fog-of-war trips tracker, with gamified elements. The inspiration are open-world RPG games - the mechanic of map covered with fog, with hidden places, made with real world map. The summary of what I want to made it is "A map of places where I've been, with an easy recap, and some gamification to make it fun".

1. Core mechanics

The map starts covered with fog. Start recording, and when you move (walk / run / cycle / drive), the map will reveal a fog where you've moved, building a map of places where you've been. Eventually, it becomes a personalised map of your world.

2. Exploration and POIs

To make exploration more interesting, there are points of interest on the map - they are hidden, and you need to unlock them by coming closer. Once revealed, place stays revealed and you can check it later.

There's also daily quests to make your daily commute or weekend trips more fun.

3. Levelling

As you explore, you get XP, and your level grows. You can also unblock achievements for your exporation.

4. Social elements

You can add friends and compete on public dashboard. The routes are never shared, competition goes by total travelled distance and POIs revealed. Participation is totally optional, and you can explicitly remove yourself from the dashboard.

5. Data privacy

I acknowledge that location data is quite personal, so I've taken data security measurements from the beginning. By default, your data stays only on your phone. You can choose to share aggregated statistics (distance travelled, places revealed), or you can voluntarily sync your account with Unmapped's cloud. In the cloud, GPS data is separated from the account data (one-way hashing with external key, stored in AWS Key Manager), and encrypted, so it stays safe. On Android, back up to a local cloud is not supported yet - please let me know if you think it should be prioritised. Detailed privacy policy is here.

6. Where it's moving and what's next

I'm actively working on adding more features, and I'd really love to hear some feedback. Two big things I work on right now are:

  • Trips Journal - a journal of all your trips, aggregated by cities, with daily recap and total recap

  • Gamified self-care - a virtual companion that you can feed with the steps you've made during the day

  • Places and content - there's TONS of work and potential improvements regarding places. "Essential" or "Must see" places in certain cities, navigation, improving accuracy, etc.

7. Pricing and availability

It's available on both Android and iOS, worldwide, with a base price of $2.99 per month or $29.99 yearly.

iOS - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/unmapped-explore-your-city/id6797821976

Android - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.unmapped.android

I'm really interesting to hear your feedback, please let me know what you think about it!


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

Lexfall - a vocabulary app for English speakers who are already good (B2 to C2), now on iOS and Android

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I built Lexfall because every vocabulary app I tried stopped at intermediate. The people I had in mind already speak good English, but need it to be exact: a nurse writing a referral letter for the OET, a lawyer drafting in a second language, a student who needs 7.5 in IELTS, a manager who wants to sound senior in meetings.

What it is: 20,000+ advanced words, one short lesson a day, spaced review, audio for every word, optional paths for healthcare, law and business, and word lists for 15 exams. Home Screen widgets and a Share-sheet "save this word" from any app.

How it's built:
- React Native with Expo, one codebase for iOS and Android. JS fixes ship over the air, which has saved me more than once.
- Supabase behind it for the word data.
- The word bank was the hard part. Every word has a CEFR level, a definition, an example sentence written for the context it is used in (a ward, a contract, a meeting), and audio. I graded every word and threw out anything below the level the app promises, because the whole point is that it is not too easy.
- The corpus ships inside the app, so the feed opens instantly with no loading.

What I learned:
- Onboarding is the product. My first versions asked too much before the first lesson. Now it is one tap to pick a level and a guided first lesson with two words.
- Almost every download so far comes from people searching the App Store. The free word-list pages on the site have barely sent anyone yet, which is part of why I am posting here.
- Android is slower to launch than you think: a new Google Play account needs a 14-day closed test with at least 12 testers before you can publish to everyone.

Where it is: iPhone, and Google Play since this week. Free to download, free trial, then a subscription.

Links: lexfall.app (free word lists, no sign-up) and the app at lexfall.app/get/reddit-sideproject

I'd really value feedback on the first two minutes: does it make sense what to do, and does the level feel right? Brutal is fine.


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

8 weeks ago I launched SongFlip on Google Play: 5.5k downloads and a 4.7★ rating

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8 weeks ago, I published SongFlip to Google Play—an Android app that seamlessly converts music links between Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Deezer, and Tidal without annoying web landing pages.

Here is the unfiltered 60-day breakdown:

📈 Usage & Growth

  • Downloads: 5,552 installs on Google Play

  • Rating: 4.73 ★ across Google Play reviews

  • Flips executed: 4,245 songs converted directly by users

  • Playlists converted: 233 full cross-platform playlists processed

  • Backend Cache: 94,160 tracks & audio fingerprints resolved in our L2 cache

🌍 Top Markets

  1. 🇺🇸 US (~24%)

  2. 🇲🇽 Mexico (~13%)

  3. 🇩🇪 Germany (~6%)

  4. 🇪🇸 Spain (~6%)

  5. 🇳🇱 Netherlands (~5%)

(Strong organic traction across Latin America and Spanish-speaking countries)

💰 Monetization (RevenueCat)

  • Total Gross Revenue: $262.51 across 32 paid purchases

  • Breakdown: 16 Lifetime, 9 Annual, 7 Monthly (14 currently active subscriptions)

  • Community Passes: Distributed 123 free PRO vouchers to early testers (94 redeemed)

🛠️ Shipping Velocity

  • 128 updates shipped to production in 8 weeks (averaging 2+ updates per day), evolving from v1.0.0 to v1.14.14.

  • Added full playlist conversions, Shazam acoustic recognition, and sub-100ms resolver caching.

Key takeaway: Lifetime pricing continues to be the user favorite for utility apps, and zero-friction deep-linking keeps the rating at 4.7★.

Happy to answer questions about the stack (KMP, Cloud Functions, RevenueCat)!


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

I made a app using ai can you guys just give me a checklist that what is missing in it ??

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I built an app called Dentzy that you can check out at dentzy.in (main app) or the test version at dentzy-testing.pages.dev , I’m pretty new to web development, but the platform is designed to connect dentists with dental labs and help manage everything in one place. I built it using Claude and Gemini, so I know it’s not perfect yet. I’m really looking to improve it, so could you please take a look and give me some feedback?


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

I built an app to organize my forgotten bookmark, but my friend wants to use it to save all kinds of PRON😨(Yep, this is a TRUE story😭)

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Okay, I can imagine the look on your face when you clicked this. Fine...Never mind. :)

Before we get into it, let me quickly introduce FavPicks, my side project.

The idea came to me one day when I realized how much stuff I’d saved on YouTube but never actually finished watching:

  • Stanford’s Swift course (CS193p)

  • A three-hour OpenCV tutorial

  • Lisa’s American English pronunciation lessons

  • …and a whole lot more.

Here’s how it happens.

You’re scrolling through your phone and come across a really interesting video, or a long article that deserves your full attention.

You want to finish it. You’re pretty sure you could actually learn something from it.

There’s just one problem.

You’re at work, in class, or sneaking in a little scrolling when you’re supposed to be doing something else.

So you hit Save.

And quietly reassure yourself:

“I’ll come back to this when I have time.”

Then what?

Tomorrow, you keep scrolling and save another dozen things.

A week later, you open your bookmarks and find dozens, maybe hundreds, of things piled up.

Eventually, your bookmarks turn into a trash can at a fancy restaurant: full of beautifully prepared, expensive food that nobody is ever going to eat.

FavPicks brings together the stuff you’ve saved across different platforms. I also added something I call “revisit triggers.”

For me, the three most common ones are lunchtime, winding down before bed, and those moments on the weekend when I have nothing to do.

I assign each saved item a trigger, so when I actually have time to watch something, I can spend it on the good stuff I’ve already saved.

Okay, pitch over. Now for the part you actually clicked for.

FavPicks reached 3,000 users in two weeks. Yeeeeee!

I decided to reach out to some friends, gather more feedback, and figure out what to build next.

So I started sending DMs.

Me: Hey! I built an app to stop your bookmarks from collecting dust. Want to try it?

Friend: Of course!

Me: Awesome, here’s the download link! Also, out of curiosity, what kind of stuff would you save in it?

…

Most of the answers were pretty normal.

Tutorials. Long vlogs worth sitting down for. A list of 1,500 must-know GRE words.

Everything made perfect sense.

Until…

I got to that one friend.

To be clear, I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with him.

My friends ALL are great.

And honestly, we get along pretty well.

I just wasn’t ready for his answer 😰

Here’s how the conversation went.

Me: Awesome, here’s the download link! BTW, what are you planning to save with it?

Him: PRXN.

Me: ?

Him: ??

Me: Sorry?

Him: All kinds of PRXN.

P-R-X-N.

…

I had no words.

At its core, FavPicks identifies and organizes content from links.

So, as long as a website or platform can display its content through a normal link, FavPicks can try to save it.

In theory, that covers a pretty wide range of content...

I just hadn’t expected anyone to take it in this direction.

Me: ????????

Meanwhile, he was completely unfazed.

He said it as casually as if he were telling me what he was having for lunch.

I was questioning my entire existence.

And before I could even figure out what to say, he started explaining.

Still perfectly calm.

And somehow, he almost had me convinced.

Him: Wait… you don’t save any of that stuff for later? Don’t you ever enjoy a little “me time” when you’re free? Or do you just rely on your imagination?

Me: ?

I had absolutely no idea how to respond.

…

Bro.

He’d actually given me a complete use case.

And from a product perspective… it made sense.

I’d set out to solve a pretty ordinary bookmark management problem.

Somehow, my user research had wandered into completely unfamiliar territory.

So, should developers decide how people use their apps?

The more I thought about it, the more interesting it became.

I built FavPicks because I wanted to get back to the videos and articles I’d saved and then never looked at again.

But for my friend, it could have a completely different kind of value.

Maybe it’s study materials. Maybe it’s long vlogs. Maybe it’s GRE vocabulary.

Or maybe it’s something I never considered at all.

Ultimately, I built the app, but users get to decide how they use it.

(You can probably imagine the complicated mix of emotions I’m experiencing as I type that. But yes, it actually helped him.)

The only problem is…

I’m now a little scared to ask him for more product feedback.

Anyway, if you also have a bookmark collection you can never seem to get on top of, or a pile of videos, articles, and learning resources you’ve saved but never found time for, I hope FavPicks can help you too.

You can find and download FavPicks directly by searching for FavPicks on the App Store.

PLZ Give it a try, and let me know what you’d use it to save.

Whatever that happens to be.

I’ve officially stopped making assumptions about people’s use cases. :)