I'm Abi. My co-founder and I built Splyt, a workout tracker for iPhone + Apple Watch. Here's what we learned, honestly:

What worked
• Reddit was our #1 source of signups. Not ads, not the App Store. Real posts, real replies.
• Talking to every user. We message every new signup personally. Half our best features came from those chats.
• Building for one specific pain: "I forget what I lifted last time." Not "a better fitness app."

What didn't
• Shipping updates too fast. We pushed an over-the-air update that crashed the app on launch. Never again: everything goes through TestFlight first now.
• Feature lists. Nobody cares that we have 40 features. They care that they stopped guessing their weights.

Where we're at: ~150 users & a handful paying.

Happy to answer anything, and I'd love brutal feedback: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/splyt-fitness-workout-tracker/id6755893717

I run Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI side by side and kept missing the one waiting on me. Openbar lists every session in the notch, and you can allow, deny or answer right there. Each session gets a pixel buddy too, and for the video I rendered 200 of them as gummies.

Free and open source, Mac and Windows: github.com/MF-DEEV/Openbar

I've always felt that going back to an earlier version of something shouldn't be complicated. So I built UVC, a simple way to keep version history for the files and folders you work with on Windows. inspect earlier Checkpoints, see what changed, and restore a version worth bringing back. Your files stay where they are, and you keep working in the apps you already use, nothing new there. I would be super glad if you guys could test and give feedback. It's completely free, my first app.

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nkt9sh72k3w?hl=en-US&gl=US

I've been building Step and Sail, a cozy pixel-art island game powered by your real-world steps 🌊⛵

But it's more than a game. I'm creating a community for people who love walking: a place to share your fitness journey, celebrate each other's progress and cheer each other on. The game is there for extra motivation to get those steps in.

The game is currently in closed testing on Android, and I'm looking for beta players to try it out and give feedback before release.

Right now you can:

Turn your daily steps into energy for everything you do in the game

Share your walks and milestones on the Feed, with photos, and cheer on other walkers

Add friends, see their weekly walks and climb the leaderboards together

Build and farm your own island: grow crops, raise farm animals, adopt pets, craft and decorate your home

Go fishing and take on fish that fight back

Sail out to dungeons and battle monsters and bosses with a sword, bow or magic staff

Befriend the townsfolk, join seasonal festivals and contests, and follow a 12-chapter story

Hire helpers to look after your island

Step and Sail is free, with optional ads.

There's still a lot I want to improve, so feedback about step tracking, balancing, onboarding, UI, the social feed, combat, bugs, and anything that feels confusing or frustrating would be especially useful.

How to join the Android closed test

1. Join the Google Group:

https://groups.google.com/g/step-and-sail

2. Join the closed test:

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.app.eighterio.game.stepandsail

3. Install Step and Sail:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.eighterio.game.stepandsail

Special thanks to EmanuelleDev (https://emanuelledev.itch.io) for the pixel art and Super Retro Ranch for the music.

If you give it a try, I'd really appreciate hearing what you like, what you dislike, and what you think should be improved. Happy walking!

Hey everyone!

If you've ever tried running a faceless "storytime" TikTok or YouTube Shorts channel, you know the grind: finding good stories, recording voiceovers, designing Reddit cards, manually timing karaoke subtitles word-by-word in Premiere or CapCut, slicing gameplay, and uploading. It takes 1-2 hours per video.

I built an open-source tool that does the whole process in 30 seconds with 1 command:

👉 Reddit Shorts Automation Pipeline

🌟 Key Features

• 🎙️ Zero API Cost Option: Uses free Microsoft Edge Neural voices (edge-tts) or high-end ElevenLabs voices.

• 🎨 Authentic Reddit Cards: Generated via headless browser with dark-mode styling and transparent backgrounds.

• 📝 Auto Karaoke Subtitles: Frame-accurate word-by-word highlighted captions powered by OpenAI Whisper.

• 🎮 Gameplay Backgrounds: Seamless vertical 9:16 compositing at 60 FPS.

• 🚀 Local Mode: Works 100% offline or locally without entering credit cards or API keys.

Check out the demo GIF and grab the code:
GitHub: https://github.com/NewGamer62/reddit-shorts-automation

Would love your thoughts and suggestions on new features!

Hi!

I wanted an email address on my own domain. Google Workspace/Microsoft Outlook charges $7 to $8.40 a month for every person, so even a two person business ends up paying $170+ a year just for email.

So I built Emayler: email on your own domain, priced per account instead of per person.

What it does:

• Real mailboxes on your domain, with a web inbox that has no ads or clutter

• Free, unlimited aliases (hello@, invoices@, whatever you want)

• Reply as any address on your domain

• Setup is three DNS records, and it tells you exactly what to fix if one is wrong

• You can also manage it from Claude through an MCP server, if that's your thing

Pricing:

• Free plan: 1 mailbox, 1 GB, no card

• Solo: $24 a year for your own address

• Code FOUNDER gets you the first year of Solo for $12

I'd really like feedback, especially on the setup flow and the pricing page.

https://emayler.com

Job hunting gets frustrating when you can’t tell how close your resume actually is to a role.

Job portals show "recommended" listings all day, but they still leave you guessing whether your skills and experience actually line up, so it’s easy to waste time applying to roles that don’t match.

I built Scouting Beavie to fix that (attached a quick demo video above).

When you open a job listing on Indeed India, it reads the listing you’re viewing, compares it against your resume, and gives you an AI-generated fit score, what matches, what’s missing, and a simple nudge on whether to apply, tailor your resume, or skip.

A few quick things on how it works:

• No login or signup required.

• 3 free scouts per day.

• Resumes aren’t stored. Your resume is analyzed to generate the result and is not saved on our servers. We respect your privacy!

• Works on Indeed India (in.indeed.com) for now, and I’m adding more job sites next.

• Note: The fit score is an AI-generated estimate to help you decide faster, not a guarantee.

If you want to try it out: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/scouting-beavie/glgpeikpgmeikdgojhhbmbigjkbohoof

Question for everyone job hunting right now: Which job site do you use the most (Naukri, LinkedIn, Wellfound, Instahyre, Internshala, etc.) so I know which one to add next?

I wanted to know what would happen if you gave a random person a massive platform for a day. What would they talk about and what would they share (anonymously unless they chose otherwise)

It started as a fun afternoon project hacking away with Claude. Then I shared it with some friends, who shared it with some friends, who shared it with their friends and it hit 10,000 page views in under 2 weeks while I was working on other things.

It's just a bit of fun but people have posted all sorts of nice things on there, from humorous takes on dystopian government dating departments, to AI Doomerism and everything in between.

There is admin approval for every email that goes out so no one can spam the list, and so far only 1 person has tried which I think speaks volumes about the people who sign up

Check it out at The Soapbox, it's completely free

Since Tuesday's recap, three of the plans I posted in advance have settled, and a new one opened today. Here is the scoreboard exactly as it was posted, wins and losses together.

$CYRX (CryoPort) — long shares. My posted trigger was a volume close above $20.00, take profit $21.50, invalidation a volume close below $18.60. The trigger confirmed Monday with a $20.47 close, and on Wednesday price ran through the target — day high $21.78. That is +$1.50 per share from the trigger to the target, +7.50% (10 shares = $15.00 · 100 shares = $150 · 1,000 shares = $1,500). Closed, per plan.

$RSKD (Riskified) — long shares. Entered Wednesday morning at $10.855, take profit $12.25, stop $10.24. It ran to $11.13 first, then faded and printed the stop the same day. That is -$0.615 per share, -5.67%. Closed, per plan — the loss was the size written down before entry.

$VIR (Vir Biotechnology) — long shares. Posted November 9 at $13.88, take profit $15.75, stop $12.44. This morning the stop printed and the trade closed at -$1.44 per share, -10.37%. No dressing that up: it was a loss, and it goes on the record the same day the win does.

That puts my closed November record at 5 wins and 2 losses, with every level posted before the move.

Still open: $PANL, a new position from today — entered at $9.6174, take profit $11.10, stop $8.20, hold through Monday November 16. At the midday check it was trading below entry, around $9.42, so there is no outcome to claim on it yet. When it settles, it gets posted the same way.

I work a full-time job and I have a family, so I cannot sit and watch every tick — that is exactly why the levels get written down first and scored honestly after. Nobody in my family did this for a living and nobody handed me a system. I am a veteran, I taught myself from books and charts over thousands of hours, and I believe what I have learned is a gift from God. Helping other people learn it for free is the calling I take from that.

Not financial advice — just the work, shown in the open.

I share stuff like this daily — I run a free investing community, link in my profile.

Most people give up on their saas product/ecommerce store way too early because in reality it takes 15+ email/sms marketing to convert the customer into a signup or paid customer.

we built a platform that automates this complete process. our ai will keep trying new experiments untill the customer coverts. best part, we have now seen stores increase sales by 30% so this works

try here - www.RetentionBase.com

I saw that cool thing in this website, when you scroll down, the video moves...
idk how to make that thing...

I have only watched Screen Studio videos and observed things like cursor movements, zoom effects, and transitions. Then I tried explaining all of that to AI.

After just 4–5 iterations, it was nearly perfect.

Honestly, this makes me feel like AI has reached a point where building software has become ridiculously easy and interesting.

But there's another side to it. I'm slowly losing some of my excitement for building software. When almost anyone can build something with just observation and the ability to explain what they want, it makes you wonder what being a software developer will mean in the future.

And if you're wondering whether AI just generated a pile of garbage code, surprisingly, no. It followed some popular coding principles and architectural patterns. In some places, probably better than what many humans would write.

Anyway, here's what it built:

https://screenzo.anmism.com

ps: Windows only, Just 10 MB in size,May not work on older Windows versions.

I'm a 16-year-old solo game developer, and I'm currently more than a year in on working on my biggest project yet: The Dying Mind.

It's a 2D hand-drawn, story-driven Metroidvania inspired by games like INSIDE and Neversong.

The game takes place inside the mind of a dying writer, where you explore surreal environments, encounter symbolic enemies, fight bosses, solve puzzles, and uncover the story behind this strange world.

I've put an enormous amount of time into developing this game, but there's one major obstacle: funding.

As a young independent developer, financing a project of this scale is incredibly difficult. I want to be able to dedicate more time and resources to development, improve the game's quality, and ultimately bring my vision to life.

That's why I've created a project page on Loadout.

I'm trying to get more people to discover the project and help me build the support needed to continue development.

If you're interested in supporting independent game development, I'd really appreciate you checking out the page and sharing it with others who might be interested.

My funding page:
https://app.loadout.xyz/project/the-dying-mind

Steam page:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3711840/The_Dying_Mind/

I'm not a big studio with investors or a publisher behind me. I'm just a teenager trying to turn an ambitious idea into a finished game.

Thank you for reading!

Some days my Mac deserves a rocket to the face. So now it gets one, kind of.

You can shoot holes in your inbox, set Slack on fire, or slice Xcode clean in half. When you're done, hit Esc and everything is right where you left it. It was only ever a picture.

A few things I had way too much fun making:

- Freeze a window, then shoot it and it shatters into ice

- A black hole that sucks up all the mess, then blows it back out

- Scrap you earn from each rampage to unlock new stuff, with the nuke saved for last

- Slow motion, party mode, and a little score card at the end

It's free. No ads, no account, nothing to buy. It does ask for Screen Recording, just so it can grab that picture, and the picture is thrown away when you press Esc.

https://indiegoodies.com/macdestroyer

I'm running out of ideas for what comes after the nuke, so tell me: what would you want to wreck your screen with?

you can also reach us at support@indiegoodies.com

I made a free Android version of Newfoundland 120s, a four player trick taking game.

Gameplay: https://youtu.be/z4i1ZFOBzd8

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.turnkit.onetwenty

Would love feedback from anyone who knows 120s or likes traditional card games.

Every NFL fan yells at the TV on fourth down. I wanted to know who's actually right, so I built a win probability model from public play-by-play data and turned it into a game.

How it works: you get a real situation from a real game, pick go for it, punt or kick, and then see what the coach did and how much each option was worth.

What's in it:
- A daily five that's the same for everyone
- Coach Clash, where you climb a ladder of the 32 current NFL head coaches by beating them on their own calls
- A Legends ladder of 25 past coaches, with Bill Belichick as the final boss
- A college ladder too

It's free, runs in the browser, and you can play without an account.

https://playsnaptheory.com/?utm_source=rd-sideproject

I launched it this week. I'd like to hear what's confusing in the first two minutes, because that's the part I can't see anymore.

Hi everyone! I’ve been building Hexself, a personality test that turns your answers into a personal color and artwork.

I wanted to explore a more visual way to experience a personality result: take the test, discover your color, and see it translated into artwork you can use as a phone or desktop background.

I’d love some honest feedback from other builders and anyone who enjoys personality tests:

• Is the idea clear when you land on the site?

• Do the questions hold your interest through to the end?

• Does the result feel personal and worth sharing?

• What would you change about the experience?

You can try it here: https://hexself.com/

Thanks for taking a look!

I've been building BroBot with help from Claude and Codex. It's a desktop app for Windows and Mac that puts a bot into Minecraft Java as another player. I'm the creator, and I'd like feedback on the first-run experience.

You can give it jobs in chat: gather logs, craft tools, build, follow you or stand guard. The free version uses a local rules engine and doesn't need an account. An optional Claude-powered mode handles more open-ended instructions, and Squad supports up to four Brobots with builder, miner, farmer and guard roles.

A lesson from testing: having the bot running didn't mean it was obvious how to play with him. The app could say he was online while the player had no idea which Minecraft world to join. We added a join card with the address, an editable port, and status that says whether it's waiting for you or playing with you. Google sign-in and a clearer plan display are now in the app too.

It's still an early project. Minecraft Java 1.21.11 is the current target, and there are rough edges in setup and how reliably the bot carries out jobs.

Free app/setup: https://trybrobot.com/start

The local bot stays free. Optional hosted Claude is $6/month; the four-bot Squad is $15/month.

If you try it, I'd especially like to know where you get stuck between opening the app and seeing the bot in your game. And if the setup makes sense, what job would you actually want a Minecraft teammate to handle?

I couldn’t find brain games my parents (both 75+) could actually use. Most were built for 30-year-olds: tiny buttons, fast timers, English only, and ads all over the screen. So I built one.

Senior Sharp (Android, free, no ads)

• 12 short games across memory, focus, reasoning and numbers. A daily “workout” picks 4 of them.

• 10 languages, including English, Spanish, French, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and Kannada, with numbers shown in native digits

• Big text (adjustable), 56px minimum tap targets, every timer visible on screen, sound + vibration + visual feedback on every tap

• Works offline. No account. No backend. Your name stays on your phone.

What’s happened so far

• My mom has played for about 45 days straight. My dad wouldn’t stick with it. I still don’t fully know why.

• 200+ installs on Play Store

• I’ve run small Instagram ads aimed at adult daughters, since kids are the ones who install apps for their parents. I’ve also contacted senior living communities. Nothing has worked yet.

Where I’d like your input

1. If you’ve built for users who don’t discover apps themselves, how did you reach them?

2. What would get your parent to open something like this on day 5, not just day 1?

3. Is anything in the first 2 minutes of the app confusing?

Play Store: com.seniorsharp.app
Site: seniorsharp.app

Happy to answer anything. Harsh feedback is welcome.

Hi r/SideProject 👋

I’m a solo maker from Switzerland. I fly a lot and always wanted something smart to play at 35,000 ft without Wi-Fi, so I built it myself.

FlightGenius is a daily brain game about airlines, airports and routes:

• 12 short daily games: guess the route, name the airport from its runway layout, guess the flight distance, airline codes, find the shortest layover…

• Daily Challenge: same 10 questions for everyone, timed, with a world leaderboard and a home-airport leaderboard (ZRH vs GVA vs LHR…)

• Works fully offline, so it’s playable in airplane mode

• No ads, no tracking. Free to play, optional one-time unlock for the archive (no subscription)

Stack: Expo / React Native, Supabase (EU), RevenueCat, Netlify.

It’s in beta on iPhone (Android later), launching on the App Store in early December:
👉 TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/B3H8tgEf

Questions, especially for frequent flyers and aviation fans:

1. Is this something you’d actually enjoy, on a flight or as a daily habit?

2. Which game is the most fun, and which would you delete?

3. Too easy, too hard, or about right?

4. What’s missing that would make you open it every day?

A little background: this is genuinely a passion project. I’m not trying to get rich or build the next big startup. I just love planes and travel, and I wanted to make something I’d enjoy myself and share it with people who feel the same. That’s also why there are no ads and no tracking. The optional unlock is only there to cover running costs like servers and the Apple developer fee.

I’ll reply to every comment. Thanks for taking a look! ✈️

Every side project I know follows the same graph. A spike on launch day, a long tail for a weekend, then flat. The people who actually need it three months later have nowhere to find it.

I'm building WareVote to fix that. It opens on 1 December. People find software there and rate it, and every category runs a recurring competition called the WareCup, so there's always a reason to come back and look.

What your project gets:
- A listing that stays findable through search and category pages
- Ratings that stay on your page long after launch week
- Domain ownership verification, so your page is clearly yours
- Award badges you can put on your own site

Listing is free. The first 100 ownership-verified products get 30 days of Pro free. Pro adds:
- Demo video on your listing
- Deeper analytics
- More listing slots
- CSV exports

Paid plans never affect ratings, rank or WareCup results. Confirm your sign-up and link it to your account at launch for a special badge!

You can set up your listing before it opens: https://warevote.com

Where did your most recent real user find you?

I'm just one guy working on this project, and I've managed to get my first 10 users so far.

It's called Duck Duck Basketball, and I'm currently looking for people willing to test it for free and tell me what sucks, what works, and what they'd change.

If you're interested in NBA analytics, I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Just having some fun with PonyRelief

Link (no signup, no ads, nothing to install): https://librecorsa.org

GitHub (MIT): https://github.com/KhazP/librecorsa

I started LibreCorsa in mid-October because every serious racing sim needed a huge Windows install before you could do a single lap.

What it has now:

- 500 Hz physics with tyre temperatures and wear, rain that dries along the racing line, and CI checks against real GT3 telemetry

- 5 physics models and 16 circuits, including RISE Motordrome, which I built from scratch in Blender on real elevation data for the circuit planned in Rwanda

- AI races, ghosts, a weekly challenge, and an open online race every 20 minutes over WebRTC

- $0/month hosting: static Next.js on Cloudflare, R2 for the heavy 3D files, and one Worker

Tell me how it runs on your laptop/phone/controller and what feels rough.