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r/SideProject is a subreddit for sharing and receiving constructive feedback on side projects.

Welcome to r/SideProject, a subreddit for sharing and receiving constructive feedback on side projects.

This is also a subreddit to get motivated and inspired to work on new projects, so please submit links to projects you find interesting.

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I made the perfect time-waster: a curated platform for the internet's best chat screenshots

I built ScreenToMe, a platform where you can share and discover those chat screenshots we all secretly enjoy reading.

What makes it special:

- Super smooth UX: Tinder-style swiping interface on mobile, arrow keys on desktop (←/→)

- Multi-language support: filter content by language or discover across all

- Categories like Funny, Cringe, Dark Humor, Dating, Red Flags, etc.

- Strong moderation: all content is reviewed before publishing

- Privacy first: must blur/remove personal info

It's like a curated museum of internet conversations - you know, those screenshots you keep sending to your friends saying "you won't believe this one". Now there's a place for them.

The site is completely free, no account needed to browse and vote. Just pure entertainment in bite-sized chat form.

Try it out (and add your best screenshots!) : https://screento.me

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2024/12/20
22:52 UTC

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The 24h Side Project Challenge

You have 24 hours to build your first side project.
What are you creating?

Wrong answers only 😈

2 Comments
2024/12/20
22:17 UTC

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Use Geeno to help with StepWise workflow

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2024/12/20
22:05 UTC

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What features do you think are essential for a transcription service API? Seeking feedback!

Hi everyone,

I’ve recently launched a beta version of an API for timestamped audio transcription, aimed at helping creators and businesses generate precise, time-aligned transcripts for their audio and video content. The API is currently live on RapidAPI: https://rapidapi.com/spyre-spyre-default/api/timestamped-audio-transcription.

As this is still in the beta phase, I’m using low-resource servers to keep costs manageable while I validate demand. To further reduce expenses, I’ve set up the servers to spin up only when a request is made, which might cause a slight delay for the first request. I’ve already requested GPU servers from Google Cloud, so improvements are on the way!

Here’s what I’m curious about:

  1. What features or functionalities would make this type of API indispensable for your business or workflow?
  2. What pricing model makes the most sense for a transcription service? Should it focus on audio length, number of requests, or a subscription-based model?

I’m trying to make this API as useful as possible and would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions. If you’re interested in trying it out, feel free to do so and let me know what you think!

Thanks in advance for your valuable feedback!

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2024/12/20
21:55 UTC

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Thinking of building a free checklist to avoid launch disasters

Would be: • Zero setup • Zero cost • Saves your ass

What dumb launch mistakes have you made that you NEVER want to repeat?

3 Comments
2024/12/20
21:37 UTC

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I built this TikTok carousel maker using only Ai code 👀

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2024/12/20
21:37 UTC

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I made a tool to beautify your screenshots FAST⚡

I made this free tool out of frustration with the existing tools out there. Some are very dated, clunky to use or require manual downloading causing clutter.

I made it so that you can do this in 2 seconds

  1. Ctrl+V
  2. Choose background
  3. Click copy

And it's done!

Check it out at https://backdropify.app It's totally free and I get nothing from it. Though I would appreciate any feedback/suggestions.

12 Comments
2024/12/20
20:43 UTC

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Made an exam timer for my professor

My professor had always used the online-stopwatch website for a timer, however, it was very cluttered and didn’t have full screen so I decided to make him a better one. It has no distractions, is ad free and allows for fullscreen.

Here is the website: https://timeopal.com/. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

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2024/12/20
20:40 UTC

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How to learn marketing efficiently?

Based on reading so many posts about how important the marketing is when launching a new product, I'm wondering where you learnt about online marketing? Are there any good online resources (books, courses) that you considered useful?

7 Comments
2024/12/20
20:20 UTC

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Building MVP in Exchange for Equity and Limited Funds

Hi everyone,

I’m a developer with over 4 years of experience in building scalable apps, websites, and backend systems. I’m looking to collaborate with early-stage startups or founders who need help transforming their ideas into functional MVPs.

Here’s what I’m offering:

Development Services: Full-stack development for your MVP (web or app) with a focus on scalability and robust architecture.

What I’m looking for: A combination of equity and limited funding to cover basic costs.

I’m particularly drawn to projects involving AI, automation, or innovative tech solutions, but I’m open to all types of ideas. If you’re passionate about your vision and need a tech partner to bring it to life, let’s connect!

Drop a comment or DM me if interested. Let’s build something amazing together!

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2024/12/20
20:13 UTC

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I made Spotify wrapped for Twitter Bookmarks (https://elondontsueme.com)

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2024/12/20
20:06 UTC

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[Validation] Are we wasting too much time turning Data into Stories?

Hey everyone! I've noticed something frustrating in our industry, and I want to know if you feel the same.

The Story

Last week, I watched a colleague spend 6 hours preparing a "simple" data presentation. The data was there, the insights were there, but turning it into a compelling story? That was the real challenge.

It hit me: we're all doing this. Every day, talented professionals waste countless hours trying to make numbers speak. We have amazing tools for collecting and analyzing data, but when it comes to storytelling? We're still copying and pasting into PowerPoint.

The Vision: TellingData

I'm exploring an idea: what if we could transform how we tell stories with data?

Imagine:

  • Upload your data and get instant story angles
  • Uncover hidden patterns automatically
  • Generate compelling narratives that non-technical people actually understand
  • Save hours on presentation preparation
  • Collaborate with your team on data storytelling

Why This Matters

Every day, brilliant insights get lost in boring presentations. Important decisions get delayed because data isn't "clear enough." Great ideas fail to get funding because their story wasn't compelling.

We can fix this.

I Need Your Input

Before I dive deep into building this, I want to understand:

  1. How do you currently handle data storytelling?
  2. What's your biggest frustration in this process?
  3. If you had a magic wand, what would your ideal solution look like?
  4. How much time do you spend weekly on this task?

Want to Shape This?

If you're tired of wasting time on data storytelling and want to help shape a solution, I've created a quick form: https://tally.so/r/w4P0XO

Your input will directly influence what gets built. No commitments, no spam - just a chance to influence a tool that could change how we all work with data.

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2024/12/20
19:56 UTC

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I Built a Platform for Charities and Non-Profits to Encourage Higher Donations with Digital Rewards

Hi everyone, I've developed a platform called SuperMint.ca that lets you automatically give your donor an NFT when they donate above a certain amount on your donation page. The idea is to create even more of an incentive for the donor to make a higher donation (especially if the NFT is really well designed and demonstrates your mission).

I tried to make it as simple as possible; you don't need to know anything about how Crypto or NFTs work (you don't need a Crypto wallet) and just want to focus on giving back to your donors with something tangible. Cost right now is $2 each time your donor gets an NFT, hopefully it'll be negligible if it incentivizes a higher donation.

SuperMint doesn’t change what charities are already doing—it just gives them the ability to add a digital reward component to their existing donation page.

The charity only needs to do 3 things on the SuperMint site,

  1. Design at least 1 NFT in the editor
  2. Set the min amount a donor needs to donate to get one
  3. Once a donation is made on your charity site, send an email to confirm@donation.supermint.ca with the donor's email address and the donation amount. This can easily be automated by setting up your email client to auto-forward your donation receipts (complete instructions on the site). That way, you really don't have to do anything after its set up (just make sure it contains the donor's email and donation amount) .

Since the NFT minting only requires an email sent to us, this could it can be used with any platform, GoFundMe, JustGiving, etc.., as long as the email contains the donor's email and donation amount, the NFT will be minted.

Optional step: Add a line to your donation page about how donations above a certain amount will receive an NFT.

This is still a work in progress, so I'm excited to hear your thoughts!

The Setup Guide

Your NFT Designs: One Will Be Minted At Random Upon a Donation

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2024/12/20
19:48 UTC

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One dollar landing page - idea feedback

I was wondering if there still is a market for a very cheap landing page creator or if that market is fully saturated?

I would offer:

  • multiple layouts
  • full nextjs project with all bells and whistles (i18n, proper SEO...)

For an obscenely low price like $1 or $2 (bring your own domain)

Is this still a legit concept nowadays? Or does everyone have his go to solution?

5 Comments
2024/12/20
19:41 UTC

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o3 is out what's next in the AI World

Decentralised AI Persona Network

Can u be really solve urgency be available everywhere

Is this the future: https://chetto.xrhum.com/

Any comments

13 Comments
2024/12/20
19:32 UTC

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I made a Chrome Extension to preview CAD files inside your browser, that works without sending any of your data.

If using and sharing CAD file is part of your day job, then you would find this extension helpful. Download it from the Chrome Web Store

Demo of CAD Viewer Chrome Extension v0.0.1

Current features:

  1. Works with GMail attachments
  2. Support various CAD file formats - STL & OBJ
  3. No-data transfer, works 100% locally

Features planned:

  • more file format support
  • more integrations
  • more functionality in the viewer
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2024/12/20
19:28 UTC

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I Just Hit 500 Users on My SaaS and It’s Completely Free!

Hey everyone!

I wanted to share something I’m really excited about - my website, ArtPrompter, just hit 500 registered users! Honestly, I didn’t expect it to reach this number, so this feels amazing.

For anyone curious, here’s what the website does:
It’s a tool for AI art creators. You can pick things like Medium, Style, and Elements, and it generates prompts for tools like MidJourney, etc... If you’ve ever struggled to come up with good prompts, this might help. Oh, and you can generate images directly on the site, too.

Right now, the whole thing is completely free, which makes it accessible for everyone to try.

I built this because I noticed how hard it can be to nail the right prompt for AI art. I wanted to create something that makes it easier (and honestly, more fun) to explore creative possibilities.

Would love for you to check it out and let me know what you think. I’m always open to feedback, and I’m trying to learn as much as I can as I grow this.

Here’s the link: ArtPrompter

Thanks for reading, and a big shoutout to everyone here building their own SaaS projects!

4 Comments
2024/12/20
19:00 UTC

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Getting lots of traffic to my web app publicstory.live, would like to start showing sponsored ads.

Hey everyone! So I've been getting lots of traffic to my web app PublicStory - a place where you can contribute one sentence to a story written by the world and immortalize yourself in history. I'm currently sitting at just under 2k visitors over 48 hours (pic below), at this rate I'm expecting to be at 30k visitors for the month. I wanted to make this post to ask other creators that have made apps if they would like to advertise their app on the website. I was thinking $20 for your app to be featured on the homepage for a week, $50 for a month. Let me know if you are interested!

https://preview.redd.it/ymv7vzk6r18e1.png?width=2670&format=png&auto=webp&s=25d20d8d7e85338202ab4a46680899abebb189f4

6 Comments
2024/12/20
18:28 UTC

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Main project is a chat app, side project is a standalone version of one feature

I built a standalone tool for creating a voice clone of yourself and having it read out messages that get translated to a handful of languages. You can check it out on https://flai.chat/

This functionality is integrated as part of a larger product called FlaiChat where people can send each other voice notes, regardless of what languages their group speaks (multilingual families, travelers, etc.). So imagine hearing your French-speaking cousins tell you about their day, and hearing it read out in their actual voices. Curious to hear your thoughts on any use case where a "solo mode" like the one on the website could be helpful for.

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2024/12/20
18:03 UTC

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I've built a tool that finds your customer pain points with its market size

It’s a market research tool finds customers pain points.

The killer feature of Agony is that not only does it find pain points by scraping Reddit, Trustpilot or G2, but it also determines their frequency, a.k.a. market size.

Additionally, it identifies the occurrence of specific points across search queries, which provides insights into general market patterns.

Also, it is Subscription-free. Pay per search query.

Currently, Agony is available in private mode on an invitation basis. If you struggle to find a startup idea and understand what your customers want, you're welcome.

https://www.agony-ai.com/

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2024/12/20
17:49 UTC

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First week summary of soft launch of ShortsNinja

Hey guys,
The past week i "soft" launched ShortsNinja, a new application I've been building for the last few months, It took me a while to build it as I tackled a lot of challenges along the way(FFmpeg, videos, etc..) and also got too playful with building the video editor as it was fun so.. 😂

Before building this app I was skeptical of AI wrappers but at least this one turned out to be pretty difficult 🤪 But as someone who loves short videos(tiktok, facebook) and spends a lot of time on them I knew I had to build this app. 😍

Now I need to understand what is the best way to market and where to find ideal customers....
I've tried running FB ads but it seems to work as crap, SEO takes time and I'm slowly working on it but it takes time, So I would love to hear tips from people and suggestions.

I got 1 sale which is a nice win but nothing too much constant, I'm also running a discount of 40% for now to attract new customers, The application doesn't have a free tier as AI costs money of course.

If anyone has questions about the application, the journey for now I would love to share :)

And if someone wants to collaborate or try out the application DM me! 🔥

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2024/12/20
17:47 UTC

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Bad Idea or poor execution that cause startups to fail?

Most SaaS products don’t survive a month, the root cause to this is always the idea or the execution. The idea is always probably something you believe that it is really useful and going to help a lot of people but once again it could just be something YOU BELIEVE.

And for the execution it’s quite simple why this could go wrong, Once you’ve finished building, You post your SaaS in a couple of places online and expect to receive all these sales, and when you don’t see results straight away, you give up on the entire thing.

But quiet frankly that’s not how it works even for the best ideas, you can’t expect a couple of posts online to bring in paid users, you must repeatedly promote your SaaS to the RIGHT AUDIENCE and gain trust first.

You cannot write a post on reddit saying “The Ultimate tool to do XYZ try it out” and expect a plenitude of users.

That’s not How SaaS marketing works even for the best ideas, Marketing online is all about creating good content and proving value to the consumer so you can gain their trust.

You may not gain any users from the first few pieces of content you create but you should try to gain there trust by helping them.

I know this has turned into a marketing post but it is the cause of failure for most startups that fail, even great ideas will fail without proper execution.

If your Idea is the problem, you shouldn’t have built it in the first place because you should have validated it. If you want to know how to properly validate your idea, I wrote another article about it here

2 Comments
2024/12/20
17:44 UTC

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I made $3K MRR by Selling SaaS Scripts

I understood that most web agencies were struck with service-based projects. They're always in survival mode.

I believe that recurring payments only can be a good revenue model for small businesses. But they cannot build large systems.

I decided to help them by providing SaaS scripts to get some recurring revenue for them. It worked! I helped more than 1500+ clients globally.

I built https://nativecode.in as my side hustle and It's making $3K MRR. Now I want to build a new SaaS and I decided to become a micro SaaS founder.

Because my clients are earning more than me. I would like to get some ideas on where to launch and how to get my clients.

1 Comment
2024/12/20
17:42 UTC

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TickerBar, a sleek and simple Stock & Crypto Ticker app for macOS is now available worldwide! 🚀

🚀 TickerBar, a sleek and simple Stock & Crypto Ticker app for macOS is now available worldwide! 🌍

🎉 Download now on Ma cApp Store: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id6736996373
💬 Love it? Upvote us on Product Hunt: https://www.producthunt.com/posts/tickerbar

Features:

  • ticker bar that shows stock and crypto symbols with price and percentage change 
  • change the style (font, size, placement) 
  • upgrade for more customization of style/symbols
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2024/12/20
17:30 UTC

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I Made a Free Calculator That Shows How Much Money Your SaaS Could Make Each Month (Tool #6 of my 12 Tools in 12 Days Challenge)

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2024/12/20
17:10 UTC

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An AI Moodboard Generator

I'm thinking of building a tool for web designers to generate moodboards, mockups, and alternative designs tailored to your project and client feedback.

This would help you quickly generate inspiration and explore design alternatives, bringing you closer to what the client wants — decreasing client back-and-forth.

The goal is to save time, reduce confusion, and ensure your designs are more aligned with client expectations from the start.

I'm just wondering if anyone is interested in that type of thing?

P.S: I have a waitlist of people are interested: https://individual-operator-288668.framer.app/

1 Comment
2024/12/20
17:07 UTC

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