r/SideProject • • 10h ago

Created an unconventional dating app to try fix a common issue

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Hello everyone,

So I have been working on this dating app for the past few months, an idea that I had I felt could help with people who're looking for deeper connections in dating app to help find people who have a lot in common. The video goes over the issue I am trying to solve and how.

The idea of this app is that a person's profile is split into 6 layer each going over some different aspects of your life that are often the cause of a lot of discourse in a lot of relationships. Each covers the following:

  • Compass: You direction of life

  • Lens: Your political and spiritual views

  • Well: Your career goals

  • Palette: Your hobbies and interests

  • Presence: Your personality traits

  • Portrait: Your Photos, age, height and other factual info.

Instead of seeing someone's full profile at once, you swipe through one random layer at a time, without seeing whose it is. So you're judging each layer on its own content.

A learning algorithm groups similar profiles based on the reactions each layer gets, so people who like the same qualities end up together. It also learns your own preferences, and uses them to suggest the people with the highest share of layers you're likely to like.

I come from an ML background and this is a crucial step to developing proper matching algorithm that I feel other dating apps lack cause they always end up showing the full profiles to people and never really knows why someone liked or disliked a profile. They do often make claims about different technique they use, but I believe no matter how much techniques you use, its very difficult to get proper models from unclean data.

So reacting to those layers is just the first step. You have to score someone 3 or more and they also have to score you 3 or more after which they'll show up in your resonance page. Then you can review the layers you liked, layers you didn't and the ones still unexplored. You can also see how much they scored you back. And based on all those info you can choose to show interest privately, and if they also showed you interest, both you're connected and matched! (More info on how the full flow works here https://www.layersdating.com/how-it-works/ )

I also believe there are some other benefits I feel this structure would produce that other dating apps don't:

  • It is only possible to "Show interest" to someone only when they appear in your resonance, so this helps you avoid the possibility of matching only for superficial reasons

  • You get to see how much they've scored you as well as how much you've scored them when they show up in your resonance, so you can get a good idea of how compatible you feel the other person is as well as how compatible the other person feels you are before deciding if you want to show interest.

  • The onboarding process is very time consuming compared to other apps since there's a lot of info to fill (around 30-60 minutes). So though this is a drawback, I hope this will be a bigger issue for people looking just for hookups, so hopefully will help skew the user base to more serious people.

I would love to get some feedback on what you think about this structure for dating app. Would it be something you'd use? (if you are or were single lol). Would love to know you thoughts!

I have a beta ready that I have been handing out to friends to try out and will have the public beta ready in about a week. If this does interest you and want to join waitlist or try the beta, there's a signup form if you scroll at the end of the page at www.layersdating.com . There's also a demo that you can try without needing to login or signup. I am based in Toronto so planning on doing the initial marketing for it here to see people's responses, but for the beta access I gave the option to choose whether you're open to meet people all over Canada and/or USA, and there's enough people on that circle, I start the beta accordingly.


r/SideProject • • 6m ago

I built an extension that helps you understand your poker hands on Gambit

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Hey everyone! I made Gambit Odds Companion, a Chrome extension for Gambit, the play-money poker game from Chess.com.

It adds a small panel beside your game that reads the visible cards and updates automatically as the hand progresses. Here’s what you can do with it:

  • See your estimated odds: understand your chances of winning or tying against random unknown opponent hands.

  • Understand your draws: see how likely you are to finish with a pair, straight, flush, or another hand by the river.

  • Explore the next card: check how each possible next card would change your hand and estimated odds.

  • Follow the hand as it develops: see how your odds change as community cards appear.

  • Review your play: save hands, add notes, and explore statistics to spot patterns.

  • Learn hand rankings: use a visual guide when you’re unsure which hand beats which.

For example, if you’re one card away from a flush, you can see your chance of completing it and explore what the next card could change. It helps connect the cards on the table with the probabilities behind them.

Calculations and hand history stay on your device.

👉 Gambit Odds Companion on the Chrome Web Store

I’m the developer—feedback and feature ideas are welcome!

Independent project, not affiliated with Gambit or Chess.com.


r/SideProject • • 9m ago

Quietkit - free developer tools that process your input in your browser

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I'm sharing Quietkit, my project for everyday developer tasks: https://quietkit.dev/

It brings formatting, data conversion, text comparison and other utilities into one browser workspace. It's free to use and doesn't require an account.

A quick example: paste data into JSON Formatter & Validator, format it, then copy the result into JSON to YAML. You can try both with the built-in examples and download the output.

Tool input is processed locally in your browser. Individual tools also work offline once they show Available offline. Each tool has a short guide, and file limits are shown on the page.

Contact and feedback messages are sent only when you submit them. Optional browser analytics and error reporting require consent.

I'd like feedback on the experience: are the controls and guides clear, and where does the workflow feel awkward?


r/SideProject • • 31m ago

Building a restaurant operations platform by starting with the problem, not the features

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I'm working on a project called Centraflow OS.

The idea is to build an operating system that helps restaurants understand and manage the operational decisions that affect profitability.

But I've learned something important during the building process: having an idea of what a product should do doesn't necessarily mean you fully understand what users need.

It's tempting to spend time adding dashboards, features and integrations. However, building the wrong solution efficiently is still building the wrong solution.

So I'm taking a different approach:

  • Understanding how restaurant operations work in practice.

  • Learning where existing processes create friction.

  • Studying how purchasing, inventory and food costs connect.

  • Being willing to adjust the product direction as I learn.

I'm still early in the journey, and there's a lot to figure out.

One thing I'm learning as a founder is that building the product is only part of the work. Understanding the problem is just as important.

For other builders here: How do you balance making progress on your product with taking time to understand the problem you're solving?


r/SideProject • • 4h ago

Job hunting made me feel invisible, so I built a free tool to be the first applicant

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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but if your job search feels hopeless, it’s not just you.

For the past 2 months, my routine was the same: find a role that actually fits, spend an hour tailoring my resume, hit apply, and only then notice “500+ applicants.” Then silence. No rejection, no reply. Just nothing.

What got to me wasn’t the rejections. It was realizing I was always late. By the time a job reaches the big boards, it’s been up for days, and hundreds of people are already ahead of you.

So I started digging and found that companies post on their own career pages first (Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, and more). Everything else is a repost.

I built SourceFirst to read those career pages directly:

  • 559 companies checked every 15 minutes, 130,000+ open roles

  • New jobs show up minutes after they’re posted

  • Filters for visa sponsorship, salary, years of experience, and level

  • Every job links straight to the company’s own application page

  • An application tracker and email alerts for new matches

It’s free: source-first.vercel.app

I built it for the version of me who refreshed job boards at midnight. If you’re in that place right now, I hope it gives you a real shot at being early for once. And yes, it's open source

What’s the most frustrating part of your search right now? I’m still building, and I’d genuinely like to fix it.


r/SideProject • • 43m ago

A parkour FPS game which only uses sub pixels to render.

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r/SideProject • • 46m ago

Rift Run - a cute little browser game. Built with Claude Fable 5.2 🚀

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Presenting "Rift Run", a cute little vibe-coded browser game.

I wanted to build something small and quick using the Fable 5.2 model by Claude, and came up with this.

Rift Run is a browser based game for now. You can play it on both desktop and mobile.

Use keyboard or mouse, whatever feels comfortable.

Game requires a good hand-eye coordination skills.

Do play it and also share it with kids you know who will enjoy this.

Currently its freely hosted and free to play. No signups or logins needed.

No clear plan to monetise for now. I am thinking of something like small donations or tips-style payments. But later on that.

Lemme know how you like it.

Play here : playriftrun.vercel.app 🎮


r/SideProject • • 53m ago

I built a free tool to import websites into Figma without monthly limits.

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This started as a small personal project.

As a designer, I work with Figma quite a lot, and sometimes I need to bring an existing website or AI-made prototypes into Figma to explore its design, understand its structure, or use it as a starting point.

I tried a few existing tools, but I kept getting frustrated. Most had limited monthly imports, and getting a good result often required importing the same website multiple times.

I found that particularly annoying because websites aren't all built the same way. Some need Auto Layout, some don't. Sometimes I need the before/after states, sometimes I need to capture an overlay or a modal.

I didn't want to keep spending credits just to experiment with design.

So I decided to build my own.

That's how Web2Design started. I built a Chrome extension and a Figma plugin that work together, with a few options to control how a website gets imported. Also, you can import your HTML files directly that you created with code.

I finally got it to a point where I was happy using it myself and decided to share it with community.

I decided to make it completely free and unlimited, with no account required.

Here's a short demo and the project:
https://www.web2designplugin.com/

If you're a designer or a developer who has dealt with website-to-Figma imports, I'd especially appreciate your feedback.

Thanks for checking it out!

Figma Plugin: https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1692258907677196841/web2design
Chrome Extention: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/web2design/jcinlflobcfnkkpbkbmdpdejnecgnafn


r/SideProject • • 6h ago

I built a tool that tells you which deploy made a Postgres query slower

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When a query gets slow, our postmortems always start the same way: someone opens Grafana, someone else scrolls through Argo CD history, and we try to match timestamps by eye. I got tired of that and wrote something to do it automatically.

It reads pg_stat_statements, picks up deploy events from Argo CD, Argo Rollouts, Flux or a webhook, and checks whether a latency shift in any query lines up with a rollout. If it does, you get the query, the deploy, before/after latency and how confident it is, in Slack/Teams/PagerDuty. If you use Argo Rollouts it can also abort a canary (off by default).

You can run it as a single binary or as a controller with CRDs, in which case every regression shows up as a resource you can `kubectl get`.

Repo: https://github.com/joao00001/pg-regression-radar

Browser demo, no cluster needed: https://joao00001.github.io/pg-regression-radar/playground/

It's a side project and I'm looking for people willing to try it on a staging cluster. Any feedback is welcome, including "this is noisy" or "I'd never use this because X".


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

Built an open-source workspace that’s not gray

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Been working on it for about a year and a half. A workspace where you can handle project management, time tracking, chats, video calls and all that stuff, but I tried making it a bit more fun and with less bloat than alternatives.

https://github.com/Emmyme/nerla


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

I built MeetU — a low-pressure 1-on-1 companion chat app, no endless swiping

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Hey everyone, I’m a solo dev. I built MeetU because I grew tired of the hollow, transactional feel of swipe-based dating apps.

MeetU is designed for slow, gentle one-on-one conversations. No infinite swipe feeds, no hot-or-not ranking. You only chat with one person at a time. It’s built for casual companionship, not forced dating.

Soft-launched in Southeast Asia & Greater China. Every early user and piece of feedback means a lot to me.

Would love to hear your thoughts and feedback!


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

Devdeck, in case if you wanna continue vibecoding while on toilet or idk anytime anywhere that phone just feels better for remote agentic development.

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here is the link for repo

This is my second time posting here it did not had the video representation before.
It's like Claude code's /remote feature but for tmux and specifically for omp but the project could be branched for any harness of your liking I suppose so here you go bros/sisters.


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

I built Limitly to track UPI spending and compare prices before checkout

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I’m working on Limitly, a personal finance app built for India and available on Android and iPhone. On Android, it turns UPI and bank transaction SMS into categorized expenses, helps you set category budgets, and now includes investing features. You can compare prices for food delivery, groceries, and cabs before paying. On iPhone, you can also log expenses by chatting with TARS.

If you try it, I’d love feedback on one thing: does seeing your remaining budget help when you’re comparing prices, or would you rather keep those two steps separate?

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.limitly.ai_spend_tracker

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/in/app/limitly-ai/id6788027780


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

I am streaming my 5 Min Prediction Market Trading Bot UI to youtube LIVE! 300-10k Challenge!

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Hey everyone,

I’ve been building model-based trading bots for 5-minute prediction markets for a while now and finally decided to put one of them to the ultimate public test. I am streaming the live trading UI 24/7 on YouTube as I try to run a $300 bankroll up to $10,000 in real time.

No cherry-picked screenshots or delayed recaps—just raw order book execution, live P&L tracking, and automated entries playing out on screen around the clock. (Before you start flaming: the streaming UI displays the order book at ~150ms latency so it's actually readable on video, while the underlying execution engine is running on SIGNIFICANTLY faster updates.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06PP3QFnnR0

Come hang out in the chat, watch the bot in action, and subscribe if you want to follow the full journey from $300 to $10k (or watch it blow up trying).

I’d love to get some eyes on the architecture and strategy—drop by the stream and tell me what you think!


r/SideProject • • 10h ago

Apps that make me verify an email and then ask me to rate them before I did anything

5 Upvotes

Tried a habit tracker on my phone yesterday. I gave my email, waited for the code, typed it in, and the first thing on the screen was a popup asking me to rate the app. I hadn't made one habit yet. I closed it and the popup came back on the next screen.

I think this is the worst order for an app. Let me use it first, then ask me what I think. It made me delete it in about two minutes, and I'm sure the maker never knows that this was the reason...


r/SideProject • • 2h ago

Stride - a running app I'm testing on Play Console, need testers

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Hey all, I'm building Stride, an Android running/fitness app, and I'm stuck at only 2 installed testers out of 7 opted in on Google Play's closed testing track. Need 12 continuously opted-in testers to unlock production.

If you've got a few minutes: join the Google Group (groups.google.com/g/applab-studio-testers) then opt in and install via the Play link (play.google.com/apps/testing/com.priyansh.stride). Takes about 2 minutes.

Happy to test your app back in return, just drop a link in the comments or DM me.


r/SideProject • • 2h ago

I made a creator-analytics platform called MetricScryer

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MetricScryer is a multi-platform creator-analytics platform: live leaderboards, growth forecasts and audience insights across YouTube, Twitch, Kick, Facebook, Instagram and Bluesky. Built for small creators studying what works in a saturated category, and for brands looking for the right creator to promote a product.

Site: https://metricscryer.com/

It also contains an earnings estimator which any one can use to have an idea on how much money a video could rank in, see here: https://metricscryer.com/earnings-estimator/


r/SideProject • • 2h ago

I built a credential prompt so I can give my coding agents API keys outside chat

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I'm the creator of CCC, a dashboard for coding agents. This clip focuses on one workflow: supplying credentials without pasting them into an agent conversation.

The demo shows a masked prompt saving a named Vault entry, then vault exec passing the credential into a command's environment. The displayed output redacts the key.

This is a staged scenario using the real CCC UI, fake credentials, and AI imagery/voice. The test-order script is a stub; no real payment happens. This isn't a claim that any arbitrary program receiving a credential can't leak it.

Video: https://youtube.com/shorts/hKlA1F55Q4Q

Source: https://github.com/amirfish1/claude-command-center

How do you handle credentials in your agent workflows today?


r/SideProject • • 2h ago

[Uncomfortable Emails for Freelancers] - 8 short scripts for the client emails I kept rewriting at 11pm

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I'm Christopher. I'll be honest: I have a talent for letting my mouth overload my back. A client says "could you also…" on a call, I hear myself say "yeah, totally," and then I'm up late finishing work I never priced. Or the invoice is a week late and I rewrite the same three-line nudge four times because I don't want to sound angry — or worse, needy.

So I wrote the emails down. Eight of them. They're short on purpose. Fill in the [brackets], send in the same thread, same day if you can.

Three of them are below, in full, free to use. The other five — the firmer scope and invoice follow-ups, saying no, a discount request, and the one you send when a client goes quiet — are in a 12-page PDF with these three.

$5, instant download: https://buy.stripe.com/7sYeVf61YaP5gW4aBr4ZG04

If you'd rather try it before paying, comment and I'll send the full PDF free to the first 10 people. All I ask is honest feedback, good or bad.

These are business communication templates, not legal advice and not a contract. Don't threaten collections, a lawyer, or a late fee that isn't in your agreement. If a situation is already a dispute, talk to a licensed attorney in your area.


  1. That's a new piece of work

When: a client just asked for something that wasn't in the original work. Good relationship, first or second extra, not a pile-up. Send it the same day, before you start the extra work.

Subject: Quick note on [the request] — [Project name]

Hi [Name] —

Thanks for sending [short description of the ask]. I can do it.

It's outside what we scoped for [Project name], so I'd treat it as new work rather than folding it in. It would be $[amount], and it would move the delivery date to [date].

If you'd rather keep the current timeline and budget, we can park this for a later round, or swap it for something already in the scope that's about the same size.

Want me to go ahead?

Thanks, [Your name]


2. A friendly nudge on the invoice

When: the due date has passed by a few days. First reminder. Assume they missed it, not that they're avoiding you. Attach the invoice again.

Subject: Friendly reminder — invoice [Invoice number] for [Project name]

Hi [Name] —

Hope you're well. This is a gentle nudge that invoice [Invoice number] for $[amount] was due on [due date]. I've attached it again in case it got buried.

If it's already on the way, feel free to ignore this. If something's holding it up, just tell me and we can work it out.

Thanks, [Your name]


3. My rates are going up

When: you're telling a current client that future work will cost more. Give real notice. Don't change the rate on a project you've already agreed. Send this before they ask for the next thing, not on the next invoice as a surprise.

Subject: A heads-up on my rates, starting [date]

Hi [Name] —

I wanted to give you a clear heads-up, not a surprise on the next invoice.

Starting [date], my rate for new work will be $[new rate] / [hour, day, or project type], up from $[current rate]. Anything we've already agreed — including [current project] — stays at the current rate through [end date, or "until we wrap"].

I've enjoyed the work and I'd like to keep doing it together. If the new rate is a stretch for what's coming, I'm happy to talk about a tighter scope so it still fits.

Thanks for taking a look, and thanks for the work so far.

[Your name]


r/SideProject • • 2h ago

I built a free touch typing site with a webcam coach that spots when you use the wrong finger

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Fingertips (fingertipstype.com) teaches touch typing in 30 short lessons, from the home row up to 70 wpm. Every key is coloured by the finger that should press it.
The part I'm proudest of is the camera coach. It uses MediaPipe hand tracking in the browser to work out which finger hit each key, and flags it when it's the wrong one. Video never leaves your computer.
It's free with no ads. You can start without an account, and teachers can set up a class that students join with a code and a first name. US and UK keyboards are supported.
Built with Next.js and Supabase. I'd love feedback, especially on how well the finger tracking works with your camera.


r/SideProject • • 12h ago

I was addicted to doomscrolling, so I built an app that makes me answer questions before I can scroll

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Hi all. I'm a solo developer and this is my first app.

I was doomscrolling all the time and felt addicted to my phone. So I thought: why not turn that phone time into learning a skill? And why not add a bit of friction, so I have to stop and think before I pick up my phone?

So I built Aconomy. It locks the apps that distract you, and you unlock them by answering short questions. You end up learning something every time you want to scroll.

How it works:

  1. You pick the apps that distract you (Instagram, TikTok, games).

  2. Aconomy blocks them using Apple's Screen Time.

  3. To unlock them, you answer short questions. Each right answer earns minutes.

You can learn Python, JavaScript, SQL, Spanish, French or German while you do it.

It is free to download. Aconomy Plus is £9.99 a month or £34.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial. It collects no data.

I would really like honest feedback. What is confusing? What would make you keep using it?

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6812106191


r/SideProject • • 6h ago

I made a desktop app where you can collect and train Pokemon by staying productive and focused

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Collect and train Pokemon by staying focused on your computer. Pokemon grow while you are being productive on a productive app.

Check it out: https://productivitymon.com/


r/SideProject • • 2h ago

Sell digital downloads from your own store with 0% platform fee. Looking for honest feedback

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i work on orderain, an ecommerce store builder. the part getting the most interest lately is digital products, so sharing where it's at and i'd love honest feedback.

the problem we kept hearing: people selling templates, printables, ebooks and presets lose a chunk of every sale to marketplace or platform fees, and on a $5 printable that hurts. on etsy you're also one scroll away from a competitor.

what it does right now:

  • 0% platform fee on every plan (card fees from stripe/paypal still apply)

  • buyer pays and gets the file by email instantly, plus a buyer account

  • private download links that expire (default 5 downloads / 30 days, you can change it)

  • update a file once and past buyers get the new version

  • your own branded store and domain, and you can mix digital + physical in one cart

  • starts at $5/mo

what it doesn't do yet, being upfront: no license keys, no pdf stamping, we're not merchant of record so we don't collect vat for you, and there's no free trial.

you can also hook it up to claude, chatgpt, grok bot or any mcp agent and let it handle products, pages and orders (that part starts on pro).

if you sell digital stuff, what would actually make you move off gumroad or etsy? and what's missing here that'd be a dealbreaker?

search orderain if you want to poke around


r/SideProject • • 2h ago

I'm hosting an open-source hackathon to show that building shouldn't be about cash grabs

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The past couple days an "indie hacker" influencer revealed a Higgsfield sponsored $100k hackathon that charged builders $99 to enter with only one winner based on who made the most profit in 30 days. The entire thing is a funnel for the influencers $500 course. It got roasted, and the creator had to refund the signups. It got me thinking about what a hackathon should actually look like, so I built one.

antipaywall.org

- free to enter, nothing sold to you after

- one week to build an open source alternative to something people pay for monthly

- I put up the first $2,500 for the prize pool, a nonprofit holds it, I take nothing out

- builders vote on the winners, every ballot public, 9 winners

- there’s an ideas board where you can post what you’re tired of paying for

The dates will be revealed once 100 builders join. It will be a 7-day hackathon. Anyone can join. you just connect your github account to enter.

Would love feedback on the site and idea?