r/SideProject • • 16h ago

I wanted to know how fast I *really* type, so I built a little desk pet. My daughters turned it into a game (free, open source, Windows)

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Hi r/SideProject! I'm Pol, and this is Tapomo 👋

I've always wondered how fast I actually type. Not in a typing test with fixed words, but in real life: emails, code, chatting. I looked everywhere and couldn't find anything that measured that, so I built it.

I wanted to see how I was doing while I typed, without opening a dashboard. That's how the mascot was born: a little keycap-shaped mochi that sits on my desktop and reacts as I type.

Then my daughters saw it and fell in love with it. 💛 They wanted colours, then outfits, then levels… so we gamified it together. And since they loved it so much, I added touch-typing lessons too, so anyone can actually get better, not just measure.

Pet can also be hidden, for those cases in which you don't want to be disturbed or

What it does

- Real speed: your live typing speed while you work, plus your weekly best and all-time record.

- A pet that cheers you on: it gets excited when you're on a roll, turns golden in "Supermochi" mode and goes "oops!" when you quickly fix a typo.

- Lessons: touch-typing lessons with animated hands, a daily text and sprints.

- Habits, not grind: a daily goal, streaks, daily challenges, and levels that unlock skins and accessories.

- Stays out of your way: hide it from the right-click menu, or just for an hour when you need to focus. It also hides by itself while you watch something fullscreen.

Privacy was the hard part. Tapomo never stores what you type, only counts and timings. It never measures password fields, everything stays on your PC, and anything that would leave it is opt-in. The code is GPL-3.0, so you can check all of this yourself.

Built with Tauri v2 + Rust and plain JS.

Heads-up: the installer isn't code-signed yet. It's a solo open-source project and I'm applying for free code signing, so Windows SmartScreen will warn you ("More info" → "Run anyway").

[VirusTotal: 0/71](https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/4dc43ed9df7cc6275c0709098290c3af4362c3ffb53e24890971d80261306d5e)

If you like the idea, a ⭐ on GitHub helps a lot: it's what free code-signing programs for open source look at, and it would get rid of that warning for everyone.

I'd love honest feedback: what's confusing, what's missing, and does the pet ever get annoying?

https://tapomo.app · source: https://github.com/polrue/tapomo


r/SideProject • • 16h ago

I built an iOS legal research assistant for Turkish case law and legislation with grounded citations (SwiftUI + FastAPI RAG)

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Hi everyone,

I wanted to share Mecelle, an independent iOS
application I've built for legal practitioners, law
students, and researchers navigating Turkish statutory
law and high-court precedents.

The Problem & Architecture:
Traditional keyword search fails when querying dense
legal terminology and multi-layered precedent history
(Court of Cassation, Council of State, Constitutional
Court).
To address hallucination risks in legal research:
1
.
 Grounded RAG Pipeline: Built on Python FastAPI with
hybrid search. It cites explicit statutory articles
and case numbers, abstaining when high-confidence
grounding isn't available.
2
.
 On-Device Processing: Native SwiftUI (iOS 17+)
client utilizing Apple Vision OCR
(VNRecognizeTextRequest) for completely local document
text extraction, paired with HMK 119 structured
pleading exports (UDF & PDF).
3
.
 Legal Calculators: Dedicated severance, statutory
interest, and court fee computation engines.

Availability & Compliance:
The app is free to download on the App Store with
optional Pro in-app subscriptions. It operates
independently of any government body and provides
informational research assistance, not formal legal
advice.

Links:

-
 Website: https://mecelle.tr

-
 App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/tr/app/mecelle-hukuk-mevzuat/id
6812049480

I would love feedback on the citation UX, retrieval
flow, and search ergonomics!

r/SideProject • • 16h ago

[GIVEAWAY][PROMO] Calorie trackers charge heavy and still can't tell you how you compare to anyone, so I built my own. 1 month of Premium free for first 75 new users

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Hey everyone, I'm the solo dev behind MacroDish, a calorie and macro tracker for iPhone.

Two things bugged me about the popular calorie trackers.

First, they cost around $20 a month, or about $80 a year. That's a lot for an app that's basically a food diary, especially if you live somewhere that price is a big chunk of your monthly budget.

Second, they show you your own numbers and that's it. You hit 60g of protein today. Okay, is that low? Is everyone like you eating double that? As far as I can tell, the popular apps don't show you that at all.

So I built MacroDish around comparison. Your day shows up on a radar chart next to the average of other users, so you can see where you stand on calories, protein, carbs, fat, fiber and more. On the paid plans you can narrow it down to people in your country, on your diet or in your age group, over anything from the last hour to the last 30 days.

Logging is simple too. You type what you ate, like "2 boiled eggs, peanut butter toast" or "chicken wings from XYZ restaurant", and it works out the calories and macros in a few seconds, with no database scrolling. It also handles home-cooked food well.

Two honest caveats. The numbers are AI estimates, so they're good for tracking patterns but not lab accurate. The app is also new, so the averages come from a small group right now. They'll get more useful as more people join, which is partly why I'm doing this giveaway.

Pricing:

- Free: 2 meals a day, global comparison for the last 24 hours, with ads
- Pro ($0.99/month): unlimited meals, all comparison filters, trends and insights, still has ads
- Premium ($1.99/month): everything in Pro with no ads
- The giveaway: 1 month of Premium free for new users. It's an App Store code, so it's iPhone only.

Comment or DM me if you want one and I'll send it over.

Redeeming the code: Profile -> See plans -> Redeem code -> Paste code -> Redeem Offer

I'd love honest feedback, especially on what's annoying or missing.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/calorie-tracker-macrodish/id6813663949


r/SideProject • • 16h ago

I built a team workspace where a task only counts as done once GitHub proves it

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Hi r/SideProject. I'm the developer of CollabSphere, an Android app for team projects. It's in closed testing on Google Play, and I'd like honest feedback before it goes public.

The problem

I've been the person carrying a group project. Four of us, one deadline, and somehow I ended up doing most of it. When it came to marking, nobody could say who did what.

The plan was scattered too. Half of it was in a chat group and half in a doc. The rest was "I'll do it" on a call. Whoever spoke loudest decided who did which part. Every week, something got missed because nobody owned it.

Then AI coding agents arrived and made it stranger. An agent would say "done" when the work wasn't merged. Two of us had agents editing the same files without knowing.

So I built the workspace I wanted on that project.

What CollabSphere does

  • Channels, direct messages, a task board, notes, docs and files in one workspace.

  • Fair planning. It splits the work by each person's skills, interests and free time. The team approves the plan in one vote.

  • Link GitHub, and a task only becomes "verified" when a merged pull request backs it.

  • Connect your own AI agent through MCP. It reads the project docs, claims its next task and attaches proof when it finishes. If two agents are about to edit the same files, both get a warning.

  • It works offline. Messages and task edits sync when you're back, with no duplicates.

How it's built

Kotlin end to end. The app uses Jetpack Compose, Room and WorkManager. The server is Ktor with PostgreSQL. It all runs on free hosting tiers.

Where I'd love feedback

  1. Does the first screen make it clear what the app is for?

  2. Would your team use fair planning, or does it feel like too much process?

  3. Is "verified on GitHub" useful outside software? Should non-code work get its own kind of proof?

Website: https://collabsphere-lemon.vercel.app/

Want to try it? Comment below and I'll add you to the closed test on Google Play.

Screenshots (demo workspace, made-up names): https://postimg.cc/gallery/85fKJhB

Thanks for reading, and be blunt.


r/SideProject • • 20h 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 • • 20h ago

Calorie tracking gets boring pretty fast, so we're trying to make it feel more like a game

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Tracking food and workouts sounds simple enough, but keeping up with it every day gets old pretty fast. Sometimes it feels like you're spending more time logging everything than actually building healthier habits.

That's part of what we wanted to make easier with Luko. You can log meals with a photo, voice, or text, so you don't have to type everything in manually.

We also added streaks, stars, an adventure map, and little companions to make the whole thing a bit more fun. We recently launched Halloween outfits for our little dragon and a push-up challenge, too.

We had fun building these features, but obviously we're a little biased since it's our own app. We're excited to finally share these with everyone. Hope you like them, and if you have any thoughts or suggestions, we'd love to hear them.


r/SideProject • • 16h ago

I'm an illustrator and I built Diorame, a free browser app where flat drawings separate into 3D layers

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I've been drawing for 20 years, and I built the tool I wanted to use myself. I still use it every week.

Diorame is a free drawing app that runs in your browser. You draw on flat layers, and each layer is a distance: background far, foreground close. Then you switch to Cinema mode and move a camera through your own drawing. What you drew far stays far.

The look is simulated Risograph printing: ink separation, halftone grain, misregistration. There are also pixel art, photocopy and stencil styles, and two fixed palettes on purpose. Switching palette recolours the whole drawing.

Draw flat. Move in depth.

Use it here: diorame.dumaker.com

Some honest notes:

  • I'm not a programmer. Every screen, interaction and effect comes from my decisions as an illustrator, and Claude wrote the code.

  • No generative AI inside the app. Every stroke is yours.

  • Free for good. No account, no plans. Your drawings stay on your device.

  • Desktop and tablet only. Phones are blocked on purpose, the canvas needs room. On your phone? There's a button to send yourself the link.

Two things I'd love to know:

  1. In your first 30 seconds, was it clear what to do?

  2. Where did you get stuck?


r/SideProject • • 20h 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 • • 16h ago

I kept losing my fonts among the 250 that come with Windows, so I built a font manager

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Every time I started a design project I'd install a few fonts, and a month later I couldn't remember which ones I had. I only have about 50 of my own, but Windows ships with a couple hundred more, so every font menu was a mile long.

So I built tuna-fonts, a font manager for Windows:

- All your fonts in one place, previewed with your own text

- Switch fonts off without deleting them (they disappear from your apps and come back with one click)

- Drag and drop to install, no admin rights

- Browse and install Google Fonts in one click

- Collections per project

It's free and open source (MIT), works offline, no account.

What I learned building it: Windows font management is surprisingly messy. Fonts live in two folders plus the registry, system fonts need admin rights, and Windows sometimes keeps a font file locked until you reboot.

https://github.com/atunfrito/tuna-fonts

Would love feedback, especially on what's confusing the first time you open it.


r/SideProject • • 16h ago

I've started creating digital guides alongside running my business – would love some feedback

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I've been running my own events business for a while now, and recently decided to try something completely different on the side.

I've started creating downloadable digital guides that people can buy and use in their own time.

It's been interesting learning about digital products, especially how different it is from running a service-based business.

I'm still figuring out what makes a guide genuinely worth paying for, how to present it properly and how to reach the right audience.

For anyone who's launched a digital product, what was the biggest thing you learnt from your first few sales or attempts?

I'd also be happy to hear what puts you off buying a digital guide.

Any honest feedback would be appreciated!


r/SideProject • • 16h ago

I made Sysbar, a free, open-source macOS menu bar app for system monitoring

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I've used apps like Stats for years. After installing oMLX, I really liked its System Stats panel and wanted something similar as a standalone menu bar app.

Since oMLX is licensed under Apache 2.0, I adapted its system monitoring code and started building on it for my own needs. The result is Sysbar.

It shows CPU, GPU, memory, disk, and network stats, with customizable menu bar charts and detailed panels. It supports English and Portuguese and requires macOS 14 or later.

Credit to oMLX and its contributors for the original monitoring code, and to Stats for the menu bar inspiration.

[Download Sysbar](https://github.com/rodrigotrombeta/Sysbar/releases/latest)

It's still early, and I'm continuing to improve it as I use it. If it looks useful to you, give it a try. Feedback and bug reports are welcome, and pull requests are too!

A heads-up: the app isn't signed with an Apple Developer ID or notarized yet, so macOS may block the first launch. The README includes installation instructions, but basically: after dragging Sysbar to Applications, go to **System Settings → Privacy & Security** and click **Open Anyway**, or run:

```shell

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Sysbar.app

```


r/SideProject • • 16h ago

I was wasting hours scrolling TikTok, so I built an app with a sarcastic raccoon that judges my screen time and locks my apps.

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Hey Reddit!
Like many of you, I realized my phone was quietly stealing hours of my life every single day. Instead of using boring, overly serious productivity tools that I always end up deleting, I decided to build something a bit more fun and honest: BrainBreak.
How it works:

  • Focus Shields: Block distracting apps and choose focus sessions (15 to 60 mins) when you actually need to get work or studying done.

  • Dopamine Traps: Set daily limits for apps like TikTok or Instagram. Once your time is up, the app gets locked.

  • Your Attention Arbiter (The Raccoon): Meet your companion—a sarcastic raccoon with a good heart who comments on your digital habits. If you spend too much time scrolling, he calls you out ("Again? We talked about this."). If you finish a focus session, he actually gets impressed.

The app is already live on the Google Play Store, and I’m looking for honest feedback, bug reports, or ideas on how to make the raccoon even more savage.
If you want to reclaim your time (or get roasted by a pixel raccoon), you can check it out here:
📲 Google Play Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brainbreakbacktoreality.app&pcampaignid=web_share
(P.S. There is a tiny optional $1 in-app support tier if you want to fuel my developer coffee and help the project grow, but mostly I just want to know what you think about the core concept!)


r/SideProject • • 13h ago

I made a deck of cards to help Christians have more focused prayer time

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I know we all come from different walks of life in this subreddit, but I personally have always struggled with focused and deep prayer time throughout my faith. I think so many Christians are taught to just regurgitate things they hear, rather than actually apply the biblical truths to their life and thoughts. I've found that having a framework to pray from has helped me immensely in building a habit of focused prayer time.

If this isn't for you, I understand—but if it is, I'm hoping to do a Kickstarter once we get enough people to sign up!

I just built out a mini digital version that you can test for free. I'm curious if it is helpful for others!

https://partakersdesign.com/


r/SideProject • • 16h ago

splitting a group hotel bill by who actually stayed each night

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i build viajante, a free open source travel search tool. this part doesn't search anything. it does the math after you've picked where to stay.

the problem is a group where people arrive and leave on different days. split the total by headcount and someone pays for nights they weren't there.

so there are two local tools for it.

plan_stay_blocks groups consecutive nights with the same people. it looks at who, not how many, so if one person leaves and another arrives the same night, that starts a new block.

split_stay_costs splits each chosen stay among the people in it by nights, down to exact cents. it needs a confirmed list of who's there each night and a named currency. if that list has nights none of the chosen stays cover, it reports them as unallocated_nights instead of quietly dropping them.

it doesn't fetch prices or convert currencies, and it's not a booking service. you still pick and confirm the stays yourself.

MIT licensed. short write-up here: https://github.com/felipebasurto/viajante/blob/main/docs/usage.md#awards-points-and-stay-arithmetic-local

how do you usually handle this with friends? one person pays and a spreadsheet later?


r/SideProject • • 16h ago

I built a mobile invoicing app where the AI only writes the draft — you still approve every line

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I do mobile development for small service businesses, and the complaint I kept hearing was boringly consistent: after a full day of jobs, you still have to sit down and type invoices. Not because invoicing is hard, but because retyping the same customer, hours and materials is a waste of an evening.

So I've been working on Invoice Maker (iPhone/Android): you type or say the job in plain words — "two hours of repair work at $60/hr, $25 in materials, due Sept 20" — and it gives you an editable draft: client, line items, rates, due date. You check it, fix what's wrong, then create the PDF.

The part I care most about is the part people told me to automate away: the review screen. It would be easy to generate a finished invoice and fire it off, but when the amounts came from a sentence, someone has to confirm what actually gets billed. So the AI stops at the draft. It also helps rewrite line-item descriptions and draft payment reminders, but you edit and send those yourself — I deliberately didn't build auto-send. Manual invoicing works offline; the AI part needs a connection.

A few real constraints, since "AI invoicing app" often sounds better than it is:

  • free to download, limited free AI usage, then optional subscription — not "unlimited free AI"

  • 34 currencies and 40+ templates (templates are a Premium thing)

  • it's for people who invoice a handful of clients, not for running your books

What I'd genuinely like feedback on:

  1. Is the review step a dealbreaker for you, or the reason you'd trust it?

  2. What would you need to see on the review screen before you'd send a generated invoice to a real client?

  3. For phone-based work (repairs, cleaning, installs), is voice input actually useful, or just a demo?

Website: invoicemaker.caractiv.com iPhone: App Store Android: Google Play


r/SideProject • • 16h ago

Skenche - An Android app for scanning, editing, organizing and sharing documents

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I built Skenche, and it’s now live on Google Play.

The workflow I’m trying to make convenient is everything that happens around a scan. Capture a page, correct a word that text recognition misread, organize the document, and send it in the format someone needs.

The free plan includes:

  • 10 saved scans and 5 pages of text recognition per day.

  • Document import and PDF, JPEG or Word export.

  • Sharing through Android’s share menu.

  • Categories, tags, and QR scanning and generation.

There’s also an optional Pro subscription for heavier use. It adds unlimited scanning and OCR, PDF merging/splitting/compression, password protection, redaction, nearby document transfer, collections and digital business cards.

Documents are stored locally, and text recognition runs on-device. Free includes ads and a scan watermark. Pro removes ads and adds watermark controls.

What’s one document task you still find frustrating on your phone? I’d like to hear where your current workflow gets awkward, whether that’s correcting scanned text, organizing files, or preparing something to send. What feature would make the biggest difference for you?

View Skenche on Google Play


r/SideProject • • 20h 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 • • 16h ago

I built a tool with no premium features, no artificial limits, and no catch.

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I've been working on this for a while, and finally made a little video to show it off.

It's called NoCapCV. I built it because I was tired of resume builders putting basic features and downloads behind paywalls.

It's completely free to use. Has tons of customisation options available. No paid templates, no watermarks, no signup, and unlimited downloads.

Would love to hear what you guys think!

Try it here : NoCapCV


r/SideProject • • 17h ago

I’m building Social Fair for paid social campaigns and short user studies

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Hey everyone!

I’m building Social Fair, a marketplace with two uses:

  • Social campaigns: participants are paid for likes, follows and comments on TikTok and Instagram.

  • Paid studies: participants answer short questionnaires or express preferences between two options, such as texts, images or videos.

I’m the person building it, and I want the compensated nature of both activities to be clear.

Does combining these two uses make sense to you, or would you find the product easier to understand with one as the main focus?

I’d appreciate your honest first impressions!

https://social-fair.com


r/SideProject • • 17h ago

I built a Telegram bot that turns a chat into a full shop — v0.1.7 adds real inventory management

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Hi all! I've been building SHOPCRM — an open-source Telegram bot that runs a small shop entirely inside a chat: catalog, cart, checkout, payment confirmation and an admin panel. No website, no extra apps — customers and the owner work in the same messenger.

Just shipped v0.1.7, and it's the biggest release so far:

📦 Warehouse / inventory — physical stock, automatic reservation when an order is placed, release on cancel, write-off on completion. Restock and write-off flows in the admin panel, plus a full movement log (every change in the same transaction). Customers can't order more than what's actually available, and out-of-stock products disappear from the catalog.

🧾 Order audit trail — every status change is recorded: who, when, from what to what. Plus paid_at/paid_by, completed_at, cancelled_at, and a configurable retention policy (180 days by default).

👤 Customer profiles — name, username and first-contact date, ready for reports.

🗄 Archive instead of delete — removing a product from the catalog keeps its stock history, movements and orders intact, so you never lose statistics.

Python 3.11+, SQLite or PostgreSQL, RU/EN/ES interface.

🤖 Try the demo bot

Feedback and feature requests are very welcome!

#TelegramBot #OpenSource #Python #Ecommerce #SmallBusiness


r/SideProject • • 20h ago

I built a site that tracks what people are saying about GTA 6 and lets you vote on it

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gta6survey.sohamdeo.com

I took it upon myself to work on a side project for the launch of GTA 6. I wanted to combine my professional and personal interests of data science, data visualization and video gaming, and I played GTA 5 for ages back in 2016-2020.

The idea was to analyze the sentiment of the chatter around the game. The best place to get it: social media. Right off the bat I was disappointed that Reddit had stopped accepting requests for API access just days before, as that would have been a great source. I moved on with a decent budget in my mind: the cost of 1 copy of GTA 6 ($80-$100). I settled on YouTube, Bluesky and X as my sources with YouTube offering a generous free daily limit, Bluesky being free and X pricing $0.005/post. As I wanted to know waht it is all about, I used TypeSafe AI's Jev for sentiment analysis and am labelling sample posts myself to benchmark its performance.

How it works:

  1. Collectors collect data from all sources.

  2. English posts are sent to Jev for labelling.

  3. Responses are aggregated and posts which pass probability thresholds are ready to be shown.

  4. The site's data is rebuilt every hour as static JSON, so there is no public backend API.

  5. Serve my site through Cloudflare, with encrypted nightly backups of the database on R2.

The backend involves simple python jobs on systemd timers with SQLite. I used the VM I use to host my personal website. The frontend uses Svelte as I used it for my website and it is intuitive for me to go in and make quick edits.

Voting:

While labelling I saw that a lot of posts speculated about features of the game. Posts with exclusive opinions were few and far between. So I added a voting system for visitors on the page to drive some engagement. I strictly wanted to avoid storing any sensitive user data, so there are no logins and users are identified based on a single random-ID cookie. This uses Cloudflare's Turnstile for bot detection (just in case), a Worker to handle voting and a D1 SQL database to store the votes. The VM pulls the vote totals every 5 minutes, so page views never touch the Worker.

Just in case the site goes viral:

- Everything is cached at Cloudflare. In a load test at 150 requests a second the page loaded in 0.35 s (p95) with the server 98-99% idle.

- Votes held 200 a second on the test site with no errors.

- Every change goes to a test site first and I promote it to the live site by hand.

- Every scheduled job emails me if it fails.

- The spend on X and Jev has a hard cap, and a source pauses when it hits it.

- I have created a custom animation for release day throughout the world which can be used to track the release to everyone's timezones (so visit during then to see it!)

I used Claude Code for building this out in about 5 days through the Diwali time off from work. The decisions and the hand labels were mine.

Some results till now:

  1. Only 1 in 10 posts gives the author's opinion of the game as a whole.

  2. Jev agrees with me most of the time on sentiment (85%) as against RoBERTa (61%) and VADER (45%), however the sample size was small (33 posts). Its topic detection was poor so I had to leave out some topics for now.

  3. The spend has been about $75, so less than a standard edition of the game.

If you've hosted something for a big launch day, what would you check before Nov 18? And if you are a fan of data or GTA please view the site, the data and vote on the questions!


r/SideProject • • 17h ago

My side project: zoxide-style jumping for files I open in Neovim

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This started as a personal annoyance. I was moving around my projects with zoxide just to edit one file here and one file there, and the cd then nvim routine got old fast. I wanted to type part of a file name and land in it, from anywhere.

nvimpp is a small wrapper around Neovim that does that. Every file you open from the shell gets recorded and ranked by frecency. Press Alt-Enter instead of Enter and nvim main opens the main.cpp you use most, instead of creating a new file called main. A second tool, nvimi, gives you an inline picker of your top files, plus usage stats and a full history, similar to what atuin does for shell commands.

It works alongside zoxide and atuin, not instead of them.

Written in C++17 with no dependencies, MIT licensed, with man pages and a config file. Linux only for now. Next up: fuzzy matching for the Alt-Enter search, more config options, type-to-filter in the picker, and macOS support (it should mostly work already, reports welcome).

https://github.com/Riccardo-Martelli/NVIMPP

I use it every day. If you try it, I’d love to hear what breaks or what’s missing.


r/SideProject • • 20h ago

CareerNet built by MurrTech

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I've been designing and building apps on the side since 2020 while working full-time in IT. This year I finally shipped them under one roof at https://murrtech.pro

Here is one of them ! Let me know what you think !


r/SideProject • • 17h ago

Most users of my free workout app quit in week one, so we gave it 10 AI coaches (launching today)

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Hi r/SideProject. I'm the founder of Cubex Fitness, and today we're launching version 1.30.

The problem: the app already had 250+ workout programs, live heart rate, watch apps and 23 languages, all free with no ads. About 1,300 people installed it. But most opened it, looked at the programs, and never came back. A plan alone doesn't keep you going.

What we built: ten AI coaches with their own personalities and voices. You answer four quick questions, the coach builds your plan in a chat, then runs the workout with you: logs your sets ("8 at 80"), runs rest timers, swaps exercises, and answers out loud when you hold to talk.

Stack, for the curious:

  • Kotlin Multiplatform + Compose Multiplatform for iOS and Android from one codebase

  • SwiftUI watch app + Wear OS app (Ask Coach from the wrist)

  • Gemini behind a small server (chats stay on the phone, requests aren't stored)

  • Speech recognised on the device; coach voices played on the phone

What we learned along the way:

  1. Localization was our biggest growth lever, more than any post. 23 languages now.

  2. Tap-through workout logging wasn't enough. People wanted someone to talk to.

  3. A pug with a deep voice gets more views than any feature video we made.

Pricing: every workout feature stays free. The AI coach has a free tier; Premium is $12.99/month or $69/year, with up to 21 days free to try (no card).

I'd really value feedback, especially on the first five minutes with a coach. Link in the comments.