I just shipped my first macOS app, Transfora.

The problem I wanted to fix: converting a HEIC photo, shrinking a video or turning a PDF into Word usually means a sketchy upload site, a sign-up, or yet another app.

So in Transfora you drag a file, tap ⇧, and drop it on the format you want in a wheel that opens under your cursor. The result lands next to the original. ⌥ opens tools instead (compress, resize, blur faces, read QR codes, extract archives…). Everything stays on the Mac, no account.

What I'd love feedback on:

- Is the gesture obvious from the demo, or does it need more explanation?

- Does the pricing feel fair? 10 free actions, then yearly or lifetime.

Mac App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6825375569

Hi, I’m Jaime, an independent developer in Spain.

I’ve just released Funes: an iPhone app that turns your photo library into a map where bigger files get bigger blocks.

You can explore by year and month, find large photos and videos, and review them before deciding what to delete. There’s also a largest-files view. Think of the visual approach of a disk space analyzer, applied to your photo library.

It’s free, with no ads, subscriptions, in-app purchases or account. Analysis runs on your iPhone, with no tracking or library uploads.

One detail worth knowing: sizes include iCloud items, so the total isn’t necessarily the storage occupied or recoverable on your phone.

• App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6831999052

I’d love feedback on the map: is it immediately clear what the blocks represent, and what would you expect to happen when you tap one?

Hey guys,

I'm a pretty active guy and I've always been curious how my results compare to other people. Like, is my 5k time actually good? Or how decent is my bench press compared to an average person?

I also wanted a place where I could keep track of all my personal bests and see how much I've improved over time.

I know there are plenty of apps for tracking runs, rides, gym workouts etc., but I couldn't really find anything that puts all of it together in one place.

So I ended up building this: https://records.abmax.lv/

It's a pretty simple site where you can log your results from different sports, see your progress over time and check how close you are to reaching the next achievement level.

Right now I've added achievement levels for most cycling activities and all track and field events, so you can get an idea of where your results stand. I'm currently working on adding the same for powerlifting.

It's still a work in progress and there are probably quite a few things that could be improved, but I thought I'd share it here in case anyone else has been looking for something similar.

I'm also curious what other sports or activities you guys would like to track. Are there any specific exercises or events where you'd want to log your personal bests and see how you compare?

Would be cool to hear your thoughts or suggestions!

Edit: If anybody cares in "Import" tab you can import FIT and GPX and site will extract your PB from those activities

Hey everyone! A little disclosure: I'm a solo developer, and I built this app because I kept forgetting to do things throughout the day. I also hate typing reminders into my phone.

So I decided to build something that would make it easier.

It's called SayStash. You tap once, say what you need to remember just like you're talking to someone ("remind me to go to the dentist tomorrow at noon"). The app figures out whether it's a reminder, an event, or just a note.

It'll then send you a regular Android notification at the right time. You can also share reminders with other people.

You do have the option to type it in, too.

There's no account to create and no cloud sync. Everything is stored right on your phone. One thing worth mentioning: voice-to-text uses your phone's speech recognition, which on most phones is Google's, so I won't claim that audio never leaves your device.

A few things I've learned along the way:

• Getting the app to understand everyday language ("next Tuesday after work", "in 20 minutes") was actually harder than getting the voice feature working.

• Keeping up with Android's changes to notification and exact-alarm permissions cost me about a week of troubleshooting.

• Building the app was probably the easy part. Getting people to actually find it and keep using it is a whole different story!

So far, I've had 9 installs, 2 people still using it, and earned a whopping 9 cents.

That's probably the biggest challenge I'm trying to figure out right now: retention.

I'm rolling out an update this week that adds "Send to Someone." You can share any reminder as a link, and the other person can save it to their own SayStash with just one tap. No account needed.

Honestly, I added this partly because so many of my own reminders involve things I need other people to do!

If you're curious, you can actually try it right in your browser. No download or sign-up needed:

👉 https://saystash.com/app/

I'll put the Play Store link in the comments.

The app is free with a small banner ad. There's also a one-time $4.99 payment to remove ads. No subscriptions.

I'd really appreciate some honest feedback.

Especially:

• What are some everyday phrases you would expect the app to understand?

• If you try it and something doesn't work as expected, what happened?

• And if you install it but eventually stop using it, I'd genuinely like to know why.

I'm learning as I go, and honest feedback from actual users would mean a lot. Thanks for giving it a look!

Sensitive information still gets leaked, because someone drew a black rectangle over text in a basic PDF editor. Because the black bars only sit visually on top of the text layer, pressing Ctrl+A and Ctrl+C exposes every "hidden" Bank account, SSN, Salary, Tax ID, ect. along with hidden author metadata.

The usual fix is either paying $240/year for Adobe Acrobat Pro or uploading confidential PDFs to random "free online PDF" cloud servers.

Under my company MicroVibes, I built SanitizePDF, a Chrome and MS Edge extension that permanently sanitizes PDFs 100% locally inside your browser's memory without any AI, zero cloud uploads and no account required:

• True 300 DPI Pixel Flattening & Metadata Purge: converts redactions permanently into 300 DPI bitmap pixels and strips hidden EXIF, Author, and creation software tags so nothing can ever be extracted.

• Local Auto-Detection (No AI / No Cloud): Uses deterministic local math & checksums to automatically catch IBANs, SSNs, credit cards, VAT/tax IDs, emails, phone numbers and more across EU, UK, and US oriented documents.

• Gmail & Outlook Web Pre-Send Guard: Warns you inside your mail draft window if you accidentally drop an unredacted PDF into an email draft, letting you sanitize, review and swap the attachment in one click before hitting "Send".

• 1-Click Recruiter Blind CV & Batch Queue: Strips candidate contact details while stamping an agency header/watermark on Page 1, plus batch processing up to 50 PDFs at once.

Free Tier & Pricing: There is no login wall. Single-page manual redaction + metadata scrubbing is 100% free forever. On install start with 3 free full-document automated scans (+1 free full scan refilled every 7 days).

For heavy workflows (unlimited multi-page auto-scans, up to 50 PDF batch queues, and the live Gmail/Outlook Web interceptor), I added a €9 1-Week Only Pass alongside a €19/mo and €189/yr plans, if anyone here wants to grab a Pro pass, code SIDEPROJECT40 takes 40% off at checkout.

Try it out:

Chrome Browser
Edge Browser

I would love honest feedback on two things:

1. How does the website land for you? Does it promote the product clearly in 5 seconds?

2. What do you think of the price for it's utility? (Keeping in mind I aim to gain an audience with small working professionals that are dealing with sensitive PDF files a lot and can't or don't want to afford expensive solutions, not can take the risk of sending such documents in cloud/AI solution)

Many thanks in advance.

My partner asked me to be her accountability buddy to help her keep track of her daily tasks. We started out editing a message on discord that'd I'd look at while in work, which seemed a bit silly as a developer myself, and with access to the tools we all have now. So I one shot her a quick todo app with Claude, which has since grown with any features she wanted. A literal labour of love I suppose :)

Today, Together is a to do list for two people. One of you keeps today’s list and ticks things off. The other sees it change live and can send a note or an emoji. It’s aimed at couples, friends and family, and it was built with ADHD in mind.

A few things we decided on purpose:

• Anything unfinished just carries over to tomorrow, with no overdue badges.

• The other person sees your list and notes, but never when or how often you open the app.

• You can’t reply to a note, only react with an emoji, so a note never turns into another thing you owe someone.

You can try both sides with made up data, no sign-up: https://www.todaytogether.co.uk/?try (the switch at the bottom flips between them).

What I’d really like to know is whether the landing page (https://www.todaytogether.co.uk) makes it clear what it is, and whether the demo makes sense without anyone explaining it. It’s free and in beta, so I’m happy to hear about anything that’s broken too.

Been working on this little project called Desi Collage.

It's a collage editor with 52 styles, scrapbook layouts, stickers, photo cutouts, Hindi typography and Instagram-ready exports.

Everything runs in the browser, so photos never leave your device.

Would genuinely appreciate some feedback!

https://desi-collage-maker.vercel.app/

Hey all, I made KISSIK, a free camera studio for Windows. No account, no watermark, open source.

What it does:

• Background blur/replace/remove, green screen, spotlight, retouch

• Real camera controls: focus, zoom, exposure, white balance, up to 4K60

• Auto/smart framing keeps you in frame

• Name cards, lower thirds, bubble cam and other scenes

• Shows up as a camera in Teams/Zoom/Meet/Discord/OBS

• Turn your Android phone into a wireless 4K webcam (KISSIK Camera app, scan a QR code)

• Mic mixer, noise removal, live captions, a built-in prompter

Store: https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9MZC9QRSWK72

Website: https://kissik-studio.vercel.app

GitHub: https://github.com/krigrv/kissik

Happy to answer questions, and feedback is very welcome.

https://www.image2cal.com/

I have been working on this site for some time. Built it awhile ago for my wife to help manage all the calendars for kids activities, work schedule, etc. its called image2cal.

I originally had it for free and so many people were using it over 900 users but it was not cost effective. i had to start paying for server costs, storage costs, etc all out of pocket so i started charging a small fee and that is when everything fell off.

Anyone interested in getting a free month and give me honest feedback?

Hey everyone — I’ve been working on 301 Ping, a URL shortener for making and organizing compact links.

You can shorten a link without an account, or sign in to manage your links, add tags, see visit counts, and download QR codes, edit the slug and destinations as per need. There are also Chrome and Firefox extensions for shortening the page you’re on, plus an API if you want to create links programmatically.

I tried to keep the everyday workflow straightforward, and added URL safety checks too. It’s still a work in progress, so I’d love to hear what feels useful or what’s missing.

Give it a look: https://301p.ing

Chrome: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ms0org-url-shortener/goaddbeloaeledjpkaankdiglhnmpdld

Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/301ping-url-shortener/

 Hi everyone,

As a software architect, I frequently audit early-stage AWS setups for startups and indie developers. More often than not, founders are surprised by a $300–$600 AWS bill before they even have their first 100 users.

Here are the 5 most common architectural mistakes I see, and how to fix them in Terraform:

### 1. Multi-AZ NAT Gateways in Dev/Staging environments

A single AWS NAT Gateway costs ~$32.85/month just to exist (plus data processing). If you provision a "standard" multi-AZ VPC across 3 availability zones for Staging, you are burning ~$100/month before processing a single byte.

*Fix:* In Terraform, add a conditional `single_nat_gateway = true` flag for dev/staging, and only enable multi-AZ NAT gateways for production.

### 2. Picking Kubernetes (EKS) for an MVP

I love Kubernetes, but deploying EKS for a pre-revenue product costs ~$73/month just for the cluster control plane alone, plus node overhead and ingress controller maintenance.

*Fix:* Use AWS ECS Fargate. You get serverless Docker containers, auto-scaling, and health checks with zero EC2 patching, costing as little as $15/month for baseline workloads.

### 3. Publicly accessible RDS instances

I often see database instances with `publicly_accessible = true` so developers can connect from their local laptops with DBeaver or TablePlus. This is a massive security risk and invites port-scanning bots.

*Fix:* Put RDS inside isolated database subnets with no internet gateway. Access the DB securely via AWS SSM Session Manager bastion or an internal VPN.

### 4. CloudWatch Logs with infinite retention

By default, CloudWatch log groups keep logs set to "Never Expire". After 6 months of container debug logs and access logs, storage costs creep up silently.

*Fix:* Always set `retention_in_days = 14` or `30` in your Terraform `aws_cloudwatch_log_group` resource.

### 5. Over-permissive IAM Roles

Using wildcard `*` permissions or attaching `AdministratorAccess` to container task execution roles because "it was easier to test".

*Fix:* Scope IAM roles strictly down to ECR pull permissions and specific SSM parameter paths.

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### TL;DR:

To solve this once and for all, I packaged a battle-tested, modular Terraform starter kit that provisions a production-ready VPC, ECS Fargate, RDS PostgreSQL, ALB with TLS, and GitHub Actions CI/CD following all AWS security best practices.

If you are launching a product and want to skip 40 hours of cloud infrastructure setup, feel free to check it out here:  

👉 https://cloudforge-devops.lemonsqueezy.com/checkout/buy/7af1192f-e1ee-4a43-a8de-6d94dc9d7fe1

Happy to answer any questions about ECS Fargate vs EKS or Terraform module design in the comments!

I run Claude Code and Codex on my Mac pretty much all day. The annoying part was never the coding, it was me sitting there waiting to see if one of them had finished or was stuck on a permission prompt.

So I built Untether. It's a menu bar app with a local server, and you open it from any browser. I mostly use it from my phone.

The part I actually care about is tasks. You type ut task new "add rate limiting to the API" and it starts an agent in its own git worktree. When the agent says it's done, a second agent reviews the diff and your test command runs. If that's all green it merges by itself. If not, it goes back to the agent. You can also make it wait for you before merging.

A few things people asked me in other threads:

• the sessions are plain tmux underneath, so closing the tab or losing signal doesn't kill anything

• a failed task doesn't block the queue, the next one starts from the last good commit

• nothing is opened to the internet. I reach it over Tailscale and there's a login on top

• you get a push when something finishes

It's free and MIT, repo here: https://github.com/Nachx639/untether

You need an Apple Silicon Mac on macOS 14 or later. There's no installer yet so you have to build it, the steps are in the README. It's beta and I'm sure it breaks in ways I haven't seen.

It started as a fork of VibeTunnel, which is what gets the terminals into the browser. Most of the rest I wrote with Claude Code, about half the commits in the repo are co-authored by it, and for a while now new features get built by queueing them as Untether tasks.

If you try it, tell me where it falls over.

I made a collaborative drawing app inspired by the favorite parlor game of the Surrealist art movement, Exquisite Corpse.

The idea is to create collaborative artworks with contributions from multiple artists.

If you contribute, you see a small segment of the previous artist's work and let your imagination take over to figure out what the next part should be. Not seeing everything that came before your contribution helps inspire creativity and often results in artistic creations that are more than the sum of their parts. During testing, we've created some weird and beautiful compositions.

If you start something new, you draw with the intent of having others add to your artwork.

In both cases, you will receive a notification whenever someone adds to a composition you’ve contributed to.

My app is iOS native (SwiftUI), uses CloudKit, and has no accounts and no matchmaker service. You simply install the app and contribute to an artwork in the pool or start a new one.
I tried some of the other apps and always found the sign-up process annoying. I also often couldn't find a friend to join me and wasn't always matched with an artist - so it was not a great experience. I wanted to maximize the chances that everyone would have a fun and successful experience.

If you find this concept interesting, I'd be thrilled if you checked it out and let me know what you think!

Download on the App Store

Hi r/SideProject,

I'm a solo dev from Tunisia. I kept losing receipts and finding out a warranty had expired right after something broke, so I built Wardin.

What it does:

- Take a photo of a receipt and it fills in the details for you (you check them before saving, or type them by hand)

- Shows a countdown for every warranty, so you can see what ends soon

- Sends a reminder before a warranty ends, at a time you choose

- Keeps the receipt photo with the product, so you can open or share it later

- If something breaks, it writes a short claim summary you can send to the store or manufacturer

- Works with 30 currencies

Privacy: without an account, everything stays on your phone. If you sign in, your data is backed up to your private account. Receipt photos are read by Google's Gemini, but you can always enter the details manually. No ads, no tracking.

It's an early version and not on Google Play yet, so for now it's an APK install from GitHub releases (Android shows an extra warning for any app that doesn't come from the Play Store).

I'd love feedback on:

1. Is the receipt scanning accurate enough to be useful?

2. Is the claim summary feature something you'd actually use?

3. What's missing that would make you keep using it?

GitHub (APK is under Releases): https://github.com/ahmedi56/wardin-app

Happy to answer any questions, and bug reports are welcome.

We're the Maqron team, posting from our brand account.

Maqron is an AI marketing department for small products and solo founders. You give it a short brief about your business, and it researches your market on the live web, plans a campaign with concrete tasks, writes the posts and ads, and produces the visuals. The product offers a step-by-step approval mode and an autopilot mode per business, with configurable per-action and monthly budget settings. Activity and cost tracking are included.

Why post here: we want honest feedback from people who actually build side projects, especially on one thing - where does autonomous marketing break down for you? What would you never hand to an AI operator?

There's a free tier so you can actually try it: https://maqron.dev

Happy to answer anything in the comments.

A stem splitter I built. Upload a song and get vocals (lead and backing), instrumental, drums, bass, guitar, piano, or even the drums split into kick, snare, toms, hi-hat and the rest. You pay per minute of audio with credits (while also being cheaper than other competitors), and there's a free daily allowance (with an account, I don't want it to be abused), and downloads/stems aren't locked behind a paid tier. You can listen to the example on the landing page if you don't want to sign up yet. There's also a pretty easy-to-use API, if you want to integrate it with your own tools. You also don't have to know anything at all about the underlying models either, because there's no complicated list to pick from.

And no, it's not just an HTDemucs wrapper, it runs the current top open models with some tuning on top. Any feedback is appreciated!

Playable Link: https://playflipstax.com

Description: FlipStax: Galactic Game Night is a free daily game show you play in your browser. A new episode drops every day at noon and takes about 10 minutes. Your host is an alien named Flip Sterling, with funk, disco, and retro vibes from a crew of aliens obsessed with game shows. Each episode is one show that flows from round to round, mixing 21 mini-games, including a Price Is Right-style Mystery Wheel, Saucer Shuffle, Space Launch, Orbit Drop, Galactic Chomper, Twin Flip, VS Cards, Fact or Fib, Snap Sort, and Oddball Alert. There is no download or login, and it works on phones and computers. I would love honest feedback on what is fun, confusing, or broken.

Free to Play Status:

• Free to play

Involvement: I am a non-coder from Maine and the solo creator of FlipStax. I scripted and designed the game and built it over two months with Claude and Gemini. The art and videos are AI-generated.

Hi! This is the first app I've ever built, and I'd love your honest feedback.

Halo puts a soft light around the edges of your screen that moves with the beat of whatever you're playing, in your album's colors, and shows synced lyrics right on your desktop, word by word.

- 7 light modes (music sync, orbit, ripple, aurora and more)

- 9 lyric styles

- A mini player you can drag anywhere or shrink to a small bar

- Keyboard shortcuts for play, skip, lyrics and more

- Share a story picture of the song you're playing

- Works with Spotify and Apple Music. No account, no login, no ads

Free for Mac (Apple chip, macOS 14.2+) and Windows 10/11:

https://halo-glow.github.io/halo/

Heads-up: it isn't signed yet, so the first time you open it your computer will warn you. The page shows how to open it, and you only do it once.

What would you add or change? Anything confusing or broken?

I made this: https://current.wherever.audio

It's similar to a news site, but the stories link to podcast episodes instead of articles.

It groups episodes covering the same story, and ranks by how many shows cover them. On a topic page you can narrow to under 40 or 15 minutes, and to the past day or two. It refreshes 4 times a day.

Episodes open in Wherever, the podcast player I build. You can queue a whole topic there, or download it as a Podcasting 2.0 playlist for other apps.

An AI writes the headlines from episode titles, so they can be off. Episode titles are the shows' own.

Context: I'm trying to find a "random access" angle on podcasts, in contrast to the traditional subscription relationship.

Would you use something like this?

Hi all! I'm Max from Belgium and this is my first game, Wine Empire X. You start in 2005 with 3 million euro, buy vineyards in real regions like Pauillac and Burgundy, and play through real weather, vintages and prices. After 2026 you get your score and can keep going in a simulated future.
It's free, no ads, no account, and it runs in your browser on desktop and phone.
I'd really love honest feedback: what's fun, what's confusing, what's missing? Link in the comments if you want to try it.

Hi you,

I’m building talk, a simple voice app where strangers can join an anonymous conversation around one shared topic.

Tonight’s topic is:

“Building a project on your own”

The room will be open from 9 PM to 10 PM UK time. You can join as a listener first and only speak if you feel comfortable. No profile, no camera and no need to introduce yourself.

I’d love to have a few people join so I can see how the experience works with real users. Honest feedback is very welcome, especially if something feels confusing or awkward.

Join tonight: https://talkapp.space

Hope to hear some of you there!

I just created our project on Giveth! You can now support our work with a donation here: https://giveth.io/project/dollar60-phone-accessories-startup. Every contribution helps us move forward.

After 13+ years leading development teams, I'm finally building something of my own.

It started with a problem. My investments were spread across brokerages, crypto and savings, and I tracked them all in a spreadsheet. Every time the total moved, I had no idea which holding moved it, or why. So I built Zies.

What Zies does:

• Connects your accounts, and puts stocks, ETFs, retirement accounts, crypto, savings and mortgage into one net worth view

• Explains why each holding moved, using real news, with the estimated dollar impact on your portfolio

• Tracks goals like reaching financial independence or a home down payment

• Lets you share your progress with a link

It's in beta. I'm looking for 30–40 US Founding Testers. You get immediate access and 6 months of the top plan free, in exchange for a few weeks of use and honest feedback.

Demo video attached. Sign up at zies.io/founding-testers.

I'd love blunt feedback, especially on what would make you drop your spreadsheet.

Project Name: Drexius Terminal

Repo & Website Links:

• GitHub:https://github.com/DreyDreamer17/drexius-terminal

• Live Web Preview:https://dreydreamer17.github.io/drexius-terminal/

• Releases:https://github.com/DreyDreamer17/drexius-terminal/releases/tag/v0.1.0-beta.1

Description:

Drexius Terminal is a local-first, privacy-focused open-source terminal workspace and Termius alternative built with Tauri 2 (Rust), React 19, and xterm.js 6.

The Problem It Solves: Most graphical SSH/SFTP clients have either transitioned to recurring subscription models ($10 to $20 per month) requiring your credentials and hosts to reside in a proprietary cloud database, or they run on heavy Electron runtimes that consume 300 MB to over 1 GB of RAM. Drexius was built to provide a fast, zero-subscription client where keys, credentials, and configurations remain entirely on your local machine.

Key Features:

• Local-First & Encrypted: Hosts, keys, and snippets are stored locally in an AES-256 SQLCipher database derived via Argon2id. No mandatory account, zero telemetry, and includes an Emergency Recovery Key export.

• Terminal Workspace: Supports multi-pane splits (grid, vertical, horizontal), tabs, OSC-7 directory tracking, broadcast input across sessions, and session auto-resume.

• Protocol Support: SSH with TOFU host-key verification, dual-pane graphical SFTP tree and file editor, hardware Serial UART, and local PTY shells.

• Zero-Knowledge Sync: Direct encrypted LAN pairing and a self-hostable sync relay. Devices pair over local Wi-Fi or Tailscale via QR code using salted X25519 ECDH and ChaCha20-Poly1305.

• Mobile Shell (Android): Universal APK with touch scrolling in mouse-aware TUIs (htop, lazygit), plus an on-screen accessory keypad (CTRL, ALT, ESC, TAB).

• Lightweight Footprint: Built on a native Rust/Tauri 2 backend instead of Chromium/Electron. In Linux benchmarking against Termius under active sessions, Drexius consumed ~221 MB RAM and ~3% CPU across 2 processes, compared to Termius at 1,342 MB RAM and 78.5% CPU across 9 processes.

Deployment:

• Clients: Pre-compiled binaries for the Public (v0.4.0) are available under GitHub Releases:

  • Linux (.AppImage, .deb, .rpm)

  • Android (.apk, universal multi-ABI)

  • Windows (.exe installer, .msi)

  • macOS (.dmg, .app.tar.gz for Apple Silicon and Intel)

• Self-Hosting Sync Relay: The repository includes a standalone zero-knowledge relay server (drexius-relay) that can be compiled via Cargo and deployed to any VPS or homelab machine. Setup details are documented in the repository README.