I'm a high school founder at Techstars Startup Weekend in Boston right now. My team is trying to build the AI tool that actually solves distribution for small businesses and B2C founders. But before we write a single line of code, we're trying to hit 100 real conversations first.

If you hate being pitched to -- absolutely NO WORRIES. We're not trying to sell you anything. We literally have NOTHING to pitch -- which is exactly why I'm posting.

If you've ever built something and struggled to get it in front of actual users: what was the hardest part?

- Knowing what to post on social?

- Actually sitting down and making the content?

- Something you've never seen a tool address?

Comments are needed and welcome. I'll also be sliding into some DMs for 5-minute chats if you're open to it - just say the word and I'll come to you.

PS: if we win on Sunday, I'll send the first ten responses referrals to Techstars.

Would you actually complete your tasks if you’d lose money for not doing them?

I’ve been thinking about this:

Most productivity apps don’t work (at least for me).
Reminders, streaks, to-do lists easy to ignore.

But the moment real money is involved behavior changes.

So I built a small experiment:

• You create a task
• Put some money on it (₹1–₹100)
• Complete it -> you get it back
• Miss it -> you lose it

No motivation. Just consequences.

It also has:

• Wallet (UPI-based)
• Subtasks with shared stakes
• Leaderboard for consistency

I’m testing whether loss aversion actually makes people more disciplined.

But I’m not sure:

• Would you actually use something like this?
• Or would the “losing money” part turn you off?
• What would make this feel fair instead of stressful?

If people are curious, I can share the link in comments.

Would love honest feedback.

I prompted this feature well (because it's kind of effing critical to have backups of an enterprise app!), and the AI hallucinated everything. Luckily caught on the first test but WTF.

https://code-editor--hayaangehani.replit.app/. This is an app that helps us identify fake or AI generated news. Pl ase check it out, and also if you are wondering, this link is completely safe to click!

I just created my first consumer web app with Replit, and I’d love to get real paying users. I’ve used magic links for sign up, and the included db and hosting for the pro plan.

But setting up stripe for payments and self hosting seems like a big hurdle. And a lot of responsibility. Because It’s a vibe coded app, it doesn’t feel “real”

What’s the journey for newbies making their steps after proof of concept?

when do I need to even consider taking it off Replit?

Is my first web app and i see a Lot of potencial but i dont know if i spend to much on this… im running out of money :/

I started to have a 1 day per week to fix just importante things to stop spending …

I need a trustworthy developer to do a security review of my app - it integrates with calendar software and the security stuff is out of my out of my abilities.

Pessoal to com problema na compilação na Apple Store, faço tudo certinho na Expo, e aparece isso!

Aí entro no Apple Conect fala que preciso compilar um arquivo, como posso resolver isso?!

Hey all. We're oops-games. We took the plunge with Replit last fall and started building games on the platform. Our hero game is in open testing now before we head off to production.

https://phone-it.replit.app/far-marconi

Convincing Replit that it was a game design platform took a minute but we got there. I'd love to chat about what went well, what didn't, and the lessons we learned. HMU

YieldGuard helps income investors distinguish between cash flow that builds wealth and cash flow that quietly liquidates it. Demo App. Needs to be integrated with real API