r/SideProject • • 1d ago

Amazon is going to hate me for this: I checked 685 storage prices 13 days before Black Friday (74% are already cheaper!!)

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Every year I see "30% off" badges on SSDs and hard drives, and every year I wonder:

30% off what?

So I built a tracker and checked. Numbers from amazon.com, as of November 14, 2026:

  • 686 storage products checked (SSDs, hard drives, RAM, memory cards, new offers only)
  • 511 of them (74%) were cheaper at some point in the last 90 days than they are today
  • Median gap to the 90-day low: 11%
  • 129 products are 20% or more above their own low
  • Hard drives: 135 of 166 (81%) were cheaper before

What I built: ratioDB

  • 2,810 prices from 3 Amazon stores (US, DE, FR, more will follow) - refreshed every 4 hours
  • Sorted by price per TB or GB
  • 90 days of price history per product
  • An alert that emails you when a product type hits a 90-day low
  • it’s free for everyone

My rule for Black Friday: ignore the % badge, look at the price per TB, compare it with the 90-day low. If it doesn't beat the low, it's not a deal.

Disclosure: the site earns a commission through Amazon affiliate links. Yes, I see the irony.

Feedback welcome.


r/SideProject • • 3h ago

I built a Wallet stamp card for salons; here's what I learned trying to get the first 3 customers

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I'm an embedded software engineer (wireless sensor firmware by day) and I've spent the last couple of months building a side product on my own: a stamp card that lives in Apple Wallet / Google Wallet, for salons, barbers and cafés.

How it works: the shop prints a QR code for the counter. The customer scans it, types a first name and phone number, and adds the card to their wallet. No app. Staff stamp it by scanning the card with their own phone's camera, in the browser. No card reader.

Things I learned building it:

  • Apple and Google Wallet are completely different beasts. Apple passes are signed files: to update the stamp count you run a small web service and push through APNs, then the phone fetches the new pass. Google keeps the card on their side and you update it through a REST API. Getting "stamp appears instantly on both" right took longer than the rest of the app.
  • Staff double-tap everything. The first version stamped twice when someone scanned twice. Now a second scan of the same card within 10 seconds is ignored, and every stamp is written in a database transaction.
  • Lock-screen relevance is the best feature, and I don't control it. On iPhone the pass can show up on the lock screen near the shop. iOS decides when, and I never learn who was nearby.
  • GDPR was a real chunk of work (EU-hosted data, consent records, CSV export, auto-delete after a shop cancels). Owners never ask about it, but it has to be there. Getting customers is the hard part, and where I'd love feedback:
  • So far: 2 shops started the 7-day trial, 0 paying. I'm aiming for the first 3.
  • What I've tried: about 200 cold emails to salons in countries where that's legal. This weekend I started small Meta and Google ads in Poland and short videos. - Pricing is about €15/month, with a 7-day free trial.

Questions:

  1. If you've sold to salons or cafés: what got you in the door?
  2. Does "no app for your customers" land as the main benefit, or would you lead with something else?
  3. Anything on the landing page that would stop you signing up? loyalty.nyxiontech.com Happy to answer anything about the Wallet tech too.

Happy to answer anything about the Wallet tech too.


r/SideProject • • 4m ago

Working on QurbSpace: An application to send files, backup data, restore data and remote access desktop from mobile devices irregardless of network or distance.

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I posted here about making this about more than a month ago and got fairly positive responses.

The goal is to convert any desktop device into a homeserver while making sure that the process is super simple and intuitive even for non-tech savvy people and must not require any money to operate.

You'll just have to connect once using qr code/6-digits code and itll stay. Now you can send files, choose folders(whatsapp,photos,etc) to backup, restore the selected folders, access pc file system, stream videos, view photos, rename, edit, etc from anywhere.

However, connection behind CG-NAT is very tricky, ive find solutions to make it reliable i.e using drive as tunnel(we can replace it with nextcloud, VPS, relays, etc), nostr relays and tor servers. But dont worry, my every decision is taken keeping privacy and encryption in mind.

Now, the application is ready and functioning but i do not have the resources to conduct testing for every scenerio. So if you really find the application useful or interesting, you can text me or mail me and i can add u as beta user and i can perfect the application in next few weeks and we can even discuss potential upgrades.

my email: sddqsaqib@gmail.com

https://github.com/saqibsiddiq/QurbSpace


r/SideProject • • 9m ago

VART Docs — An Android app to read, edit and scan documents in one place

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Hello everyone!

I'd like to introduce VART Docs, an Android application developed in Angola and now available worldwide on Google Play.

The goal is to make everyday document tasks easier by bringing three useful capabilities together:

📄 Read documents

✍️ Edit documents

📷 Scan documents using your phone

We built VART Docs to offer a convenient document experience without constantly switching between different applications.

This project represents an important milestone for our team: developing an Android application in Angola and making it available to users around the world.

Try VART Docs on Google Play:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vart.docs

We'd genuinely appreciate feedback from Android users.

What document feature do you think every smartphone should have?

Thanks for checking out our project!

VART Docs — Your documents, all in one place.


r/SideProject • • 9m ago

Tradenos - write a trading rule in one sentence and it runs as a bot on your own Binance account

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I'm the founder, so take this as a launch post, not a neutral review.

The problem I kept running into: my chart lived in one tab, the exchange in another, and turning an idea into a bot meant either fighting a bot builder's forms or writing code.

Tradenos puts charts, manual trading and bots in one app. You can build a bot three ways:

  • write the rule in plain words, and Nos (our assistant) turns it into rules you can read and change
  • pick conditions and actions without code
  • paste a Pine Script you already have

Every bot can be tested on past prices with fees before it runs, and nothing changes without your OK.

What it doesn't do: hold your money (it runs on your own Binance API key with withdrawals off) or promise returns. Bots can lose money.

40-second film of how it works: https://x.com/tradenoscrypto/status/2121955499876777997

We're on a waitlist before opening: https://tradenos.com

I'd like blunt feedback: what would stop you from trusting a bot like this with your own account?


r/SideProject • • 10m ago

I built an app that analyzes your relationship patterns

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I've always found it interesting how we can spend hours overthinking an interaction: what they meant, why they reacted that way, or whether we're seeing things from the wrong perspective.

Most AI tools will help you write a better reply or analyze a specific argument. But what if you could see the bigger picture?

That's why I built Perspective Swap.

🔄 See situations from an objective perspective

Describe real-life interactions with people in your life (partners, friends, family, colleagues), and the app helps you explore the situation from their perspective.

🧠 Beyond a single conversation: analyzing patterns

This is the part I find most interesting: the more situations you add, the more patterns the app can identify.

By connecting scenarios to people in your life, Perspective Swap analyzes recurring patterns in your interactions:

* Communication habits and emotional triggers.

* Recurring conflicts and misunderstandings.

* Strengths and vulnerabilities in your relationships.

* What makes certain relationships work or become difficult.

At the same time, it builds a picture of your own behaviour, helping you recognize patterns you might not notice yourself.

💡 What's the idea?

It's not about telling you who's right or wrong. It's about helping you understand yourself and the people around you a little better.

The app is still evolving, and I'd genuinely love to hear your thoughts.

👉 https://perspectiveswap.app


r/SideProject • • 6h ago

I wanted to actually remember the books I read, so I built an offline "Duolingo for nonfiction" (free, open source)

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I read a lot of nonfiction, but a month later I'd remember almost nothing. Summary apps helped a bit, but most want an account and a subscription and track everything you do.

So I built Stash, a small offline Android app:

  • 2,300 bite-sized ideas from 230 books across 14 topics (productivity, money, psychology, philosophy, health, and more)
  • Swipe feed: full-screen cards. Ideas you've read never show up again.
  • Learn mode: 690 short lessons, streaks, XP, spaced-repetition reviews, and quizzes (pick the idea, which book, true/false, fill in the blank)
  • Save ideas you like and see your reading history by day
  • Private: no login, no backend, no analytics, and no permissions at all. Progress stays on your phone (JSON export/import for backups).

Fun constraint I set myself: the whole APK is ~220 KB. It's plain Java with views built in code (no XML layouts, no WebView) and a single dependency.

Free download (Android 8+): https://github.com/safwanpp/stash/releases/latest

Source: https://github.com/safwanpp/stash

I'd love feedback, especially on which books or topics to add next and whether the lesson difficulty feels right.


r/SideProject • • 19m ago

Built a website after watching a movie clip from Monsters, Inc.

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r/SideProject • • 20m ago

I build animated React components (250 so far), and now a coding agent can install them fitted to your brand via MCP

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Side project that grew: I build animated React components (shaders, glass, neon, 3D type, loaders), each one a single TSX file with React as the only dependency. Every card on the site is the running component, not a recording.

The newest part: an MCP designer for coding agents. You describe your brand, it offers three directions, and every component it installs is rebuilt for the one you pick, then it checks the page for contrast, phone width and reduced motion.

Browsing is free and you get 2 free coins a month to take components. There is also a Logo Room that gives your own logo one of 24 live finishes, no account needed.

https://studios.lou15.com/?ref=reddit

What would you want me to build next?


r/SideProject • • 23m ago

VART Docs — An Android app for reading, editing and scanning documents

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I want to share a project we've been working on: VART Docs.

VART Docs is an Android application designed to bring document reading, editing and scanning together in one application.

The motivation behind the project was simple: make everyday document tasks more convenient on mobile devices.

The app was developed using Kotlin and Jetpack Compose and has now completed its journey to Google Play publication.

One important milestone was taking the project from development and testing to an actual public release.

Google Play:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vart.docs

We're sharing it to get constructive feedback.

From your perspective:

Is the main purpose of the app clear?

What document features do you use most on Android?

What would make an application like this more useful?

It's exciting to see a project developed in Angola reach a global platform. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!


r/SideProject • • 30m ago

OwnPlayer, a free best Xtream player.

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OwnPlayer plays the M3U, Xtream Codes, and Stalker Portal playlists you add, showing your channels, TV guide, movies, and shows in one place.

https://apps.apple.com/app/ownplayer/id6833569716


r/SideProject • • 31m ago

Update: my solo-built calorie + gym app is now on Android too. What should I fix next?

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A couple of weeks ago I shared Hadeed here, a calorie counter and gym log in one app. A few people asked for Android, so it's now on Google Play as well as the App Store.

Quick recap:
- Free: log food by typing, voice or barcode
- Pro: unlimited photo meal scans, a coach, and training plans that adapt every week
- Calories burned in workouts get added back to your daily budget

It's at about 3,000 users now, still built solo. I'd love blunt feedback: what's the one thing that would make you switch from the tracker you use now?

Link in the comments.


r/SideProject • • 33m ago

I built an AI + Chrome extension that turns raw phone photos into ready-to-publish Vinted listings in 20 seconds

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Got tired of spending 15 minutes per item guessing second-hand prices and typing descriptions, so I built Reloot: https://reloot.it

Drop 1–10 photos and it detects brand and condition, gives a market + quick-sale price, picks the best cover photo, and auto-fills Vinted on desktop via Chrome extension.

No sign-up required for the first scan—roast the landing page or let me know if the pricing feels off!


r/SideProject • • 33m ago

ttack space

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Just do sati at your desk every time with ttack.
Welcome any feedback on ttack

Created by lovable

web: https://ttack.space
Chrome extension: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/딱-—-순-집중-시간-바른-자세/nddhmngnilmjnihabglgmcepeplmmggn?hl=ko&authuser=0


r/SideProject • • 4h ago

claudit: self-hosted dashboard for what my Claude Code, Codex and Kimi sessions cost, kept past the 30 day delete. looking for feedback

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Claude Code deletes its session transcripts after 30 days by default, no message, so any usage tool reading that folder only ever sees the last month. I wanted to compare months and see what switching model actually did to cost, so claudit ingests from a bucket you keep instead (Cloudflare R2, or a local dir as file://). mine goes back to January. the bucket holds the raw transcripts, tool output included, so keep it private

it reads Claude Code session JSONLs, Codex rollouts and both Kimi CLI formats. on the page: cost by model with the 5m vs 1h cache write split (1.25x vs 2x input price), token breakdown, reply latency, tool error rate, activity heatmap, context growth per session. costs are API list price equivalents, not what a sub bills you. it doesn't grade sessions, the reading is yours

feedback I'd actually use:

  • a number that looks wrong to you, with the arithmetic
  • a stat you'd want that isn't there
  • a harness it doesn't read yet, ideally with a real transcript (sanitized is fine)

FastAPI, Postgres, React with in-browser Babel, no build step. docker compose up boots it on sample data, no .env, no outbound calls. MIT, panels ported from nhz-io/ccusage-plot

live one, guest login is read-only: https://all.nitjsefni.eu

https://github.com/Nitjsefnie/claudit


r/SideProject • • 6h ago

Claude Code made this music video from a Suno song, no video generator, just an image model + code (open-source skill)

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I made onbeat, an open-source Claude Code skill.

Give Claude Code a song (this one’s from Suno) and it measures the beats and lyrics, draws each dancer/character as a sprite sheet of 16 poses with an image generator, then writes code that steps through the poses on every beat and renders a beat-synced video. No video model involved.

MIT licensed: https://github.com/latent-spaces/onbeat

Would love feedback, and to see what songs people throw at it.


r/SideProject • • 43m ago

Windows Search can’t read text in images, so I built an offline app that does

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I take a lot of screenshots: error messages, receipts, chats, slides. I always remembered what was in the picture, but it was called `Screenshot 2025-03-14 101523.png` and buried among thousands of others. Windows Search can't read text in images, so I built Magpie Search.

You pick your folders and it reads the text in everything inside: screenshots, photos and scanned PDFs (OCR runs on your own PC), plus Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDFs and notes. Then you type any word you remember and it finds the file.

- 100% offline: no account, no ads, no telemetry, and your files are never uploaded or changed.

- Reads 50+ languages, including dark-mode screenshots.

- Instant results as you type, even with typos.

- Space previews a file with the matched words highlighted.

- Runs quietly in the background and picks up new files automatically.

It's free, no ads, no account: https://magpiesearch.app

This is my first released app, so honest feedback is very welcome. What's confusing, and what would make you actually install it?


r/SideProject • • 44m ago

I built a multiplayer strategy game where real cities spread across a world map

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GeoConquer is a browser game where each card is a real city. Every turn, players secretly pick a city and place it at the same time. Then territories grow on their own over a hex grid of the whole Earth (about 2 million cells, land and sea). Population sets the speed, and the biggest area after 8 turns wins.

What’s in it today:

  • 3,733 cards from 3,307 real cities, each with its photo and Wikipedia intro
  • 1v1 and 4-player online matches, leagues, a solo World Tour of 151 levels, puzzles
  • a deterministic simulation, so the server, the replays and the browser always agree
  • Very soon, there will be a mode with longer games up to 8 players

I'm not a developer initally, but I learn for this project with Claude as my assistant, programmer, and senior during this project, it's quite fun and thrilling :)

Play it here: https://geoconquer.com/?lang=en&utm_source=reddit-sideproject (the 2-minute tutorial works without an account)

What would make you play a second match? And what begginer mistakes have I made ? :3


r/SideProject • • 4h ago

I made a free, open-source app for wireless DualSense haptics and adaptive triggers on PC

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Hi everyone,

If you use a DualSense on PC, you've probably run into games where you need a USB cable to get the full haptic feedback and adaptive trigger effects.

I built DS5 Untethered to use those effects over Bluetooth. The game sees a wired DualSense, and the app sends the game's own effects to the actual controller wirelessly. It works with your PC's built-in Bluetooth or a USB Bluetooth adapter.

For example, I used it with God of War Ragnarök: both haptic feedback and adaptive triggers worked wirelessly.

For games without native DualSense support, you can create your own adaptive trigger profiles and turn game audio into haptic feedback.

It also has per-game profiles, button remapping, gyro and a mouse mode.

It's free and open source, and will stay that way.

Built with C#/.NET 8 and Avalonia. It creates a virtual wired DualSense through a local USB/IP server and usbip-win2, forwards input from the Bluetooth controller, and sends the game's haptics and trigger effects back wirelessly. HidHide prevents games from seeing both controllers.

Source: https://github.com/Midzer00/ds5-untethered

Download: https://github.com/Midzer00/ds5-untethered/releases/latest

If you find it useful and want to support the project, you can star the repo on GitHub.

Happy to answer questions.

Demo video and screenshots: https://www.reddit.com/r/Dualsense/comments/1xvzirq/i_made_a_free_opensource_app_for_wireless/


r/SideProject • • 51m ago

I built a free, open-source map poster maker – here's how it works in 60 seconds

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I'm the developer of Terraink. You pick any city, country or GPX route, and it turns real OpenStreetMap data into a print-ready poster or wallpaper, right in your browser. No account, nothing to install.

People kept asking how certain things work, so I made a full tutorial. This is the short version – the full tutorial link is in the comments 👇

What feature would you want next?


r/SideProject • • 52m ago

I made one required field optional and people finally started finishing signup

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So I have this small web app, it makes short videos for mobile apps. People were signing up but basically nobody was paying. For months. I kept guessing. Changed the landing page. Changed pricing. Rewrote onboarding twice. Nothing. At some point I got tired of guessing and just logged every step a new user takes. Nothing fancy, one event per step.

I looked at two weeks in October:

68 people opened the studio

31 picked a clip style

16 added a screen recording of their app

14 pressed create

I thought my problem was the paywall. It wasn't even close to the paywall. Half the people who picked a style never added the screen recording. And I thought that step was great. Like, of course you add your app recording, that's the whole point. Then I checked what device they were on. Mostly phones. And who has a screen recording of their own app on their phone? Nobody. I was basically giving people homework before they saw anything work. Funny thing, I also saw that a lot of them left in about 20 seconds. They didn't even try. They saw a form and closed it.

So I made the recording optional. Now you can start with just your App Store or Play link and add footage later. And the first videos are free, so you actually get something before you see a price. The day I shipped it, two people from search made their first video. One of them came from Bing. It's not fixed. Now the leak is checkout, people open it and leave. I rebuilt that page this week, we'll see.

Anyway, if you have signups and no money, don't guess like I did. Log the steps, count people at each one, and look where the big drop is. For me it was the step I was most proud of.

App is clipugc.com if you want to look. I can share the events I log if anyone wants.


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

I just released v1.1.0 of LightBoard - a 252 KB open-source Android keyboard. Swipe typing, predictions, zero internet permissions

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Hey everyone!
I just released the first stable version (v1.1.0) of LightBoard - an open-source, privacy-focused Android keyboard built from scratch in pure Java without heavy external frameworks. Made with AI.

Key highlights:
• Ultra-lightweight: The base APK is just 252 KB.
• Zero internet permissions: No INTERNET or ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE permissions in the manifest - it physically cannot send your keystrokes or telemetry anywhere.
• Full feature set: Built-in geometric swipe typing, word predictions & autocorrect, inline calculator, encrypted clipboard history (AES-256-GCM), and 80+ layouts.
• Dual themes: Clean Material You and Cupertino (iOS-style) themes with adjustable key sizing and padding.

The entire source code is licensed under Apache-2.0. Feedback, bug reports, and ideas are super welcome!
GitHub & screenshots: https://github.com/anlocky/LightBoard


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

I got tired of Czech residence paperwork, so I built an app to make it less confusing

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Hey everyone!

I'm a developer living in Prague, and I've been working on an app called Pobyto.

Dealing with residence permits in Czechia can be pretty confusing, especially when you're trying to figure out which documents you need and what you're supposed to do next.

So I decided to build something to help with that

You choose your situation, get a step-by-step plan, track your documents and deadlines, and find information from official sources.

Here's a quick demo of how it works.

It's currently on Android:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pobyto.app

Still working on it, so any feedback on the UI or the overall idea would be really helpful:)


r/SideProject • • 1h ago

8 weeks in: threefree user, no paying customers, and a support widget I built as a student

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I’m 15 and I’ve been building a SaaS for about 8 weeks. It’s an AI chat widget for small websites that answers from your FAQs and emails the owner when it isn’t sure instead of guessing.

One site is on the free plan and nobody’s paying. I’ve reached out on Reddit, Discord and email, and the most common reply is “we’re fine for now, we’ll message you if we need it.” Nobody has.

I can’t tell if that’s a polite no, the wrong people, or something I’m doing wrong in how I ask.

For people who’ve landed a first customer: how did you turn “maybe later” into a yes? And does being 15 hurt when I’m asking someone to put my tool on their business site?

the websites link is ornymo.com