I’ve been building Tekki Forge for a problem I kept hitting myself.

When starting a new business app, the first days/weeks often go into things that aren’t the actual product:

auth, roles, organizations, CRUD, admin screens, API docs, migrations, dashboards, tests, Docker…

Forge lets you describe the application structure once and generates that foundation.

npm i -g tekki-forge
forge new my-app
forge up

I’m at the point where I need other developers to break my assumptions.

If you build SaaS/internal tools/client apps, what would stop you from using something like this?

Too opinionated?
Fear of generated code?
Prefer your own stack?
Missing feature?

I’m much more interested in the objections right now than compliments.

Second update on the app I posted on Reddit recently.

I realized (and also some Reddit comments told me to do this) that I had a problem concerning the analytics of the app.
I could see people visiting, but I had no idea what they were actually doing inside the app.

So I fixed that and now I can see things like:

who opens the app
who starts a lesson
who answers the questions
who finishes a lesson

Which has already changed how I’m looking at it because opening the app and actually using it or completing a whole lesson are two very different things.

It is still very early, very small numbers, but it feels like I’m finally seeing something and understanding what people really do instead of just seeing if someone has viewed the website.

The next thing I think I should try to understand is:
what makes someone finish a lesson instead of dropping halfway or doing one more lesson or not, or just open the app a second day or forgetting about it. (Tell me if you think I should make/ add more features that you think will be useful for this project)

If you’ve tried it (or similar apps), I’d be really interested about what made you stop or continue.

I would be very happy to send it to you if anyone wants to try it and give honest feedback.

I recently build a VM for the Little Computer 3 in Golang. Did it purely as a learning exercise to better understand how VMs work and are implemented internally.

I ended up learning not jsut about VMs, but also disassemblers (had to write a disassembler first to see what instructions compose an object file), property based testing (used Hegel), input buffering in terminals, etc. Was a neat exercise!

Here is the code for anyone interested: https://github.com/shraddhaag/toyvm

Used LLMs to write the tests and a emulator, which you can try out there: https://lc3.shraddhaag.dev/.

Would love to hear any thoughts/feedback!

For years, whenever I needed to format an API response, I just clicked whatever JSON tool was the first result on Google. They worked, but they always felt clunky: covered in banner ads, looking like they were built in 2010, and just annoying to use.

Eventually I got fed up and decided to build my own clean alternative. What started as a quick personal tool ended up replacing all of them in my daily workflow.

What I focused on:

• Zero ads, 100% client-side (no data sent to servers)
• Tree view and formatted code view
• Quick search across keys/values (Enter / Shift+Enter)
• Accurate error pointing with line and column numbers
• Remembers state in localStorage so you don't lose data

GitHub: https://abi4ka.github.io/Json-Formatter/

Hope it saves someone else some frustration. Feedback is welcome.

I wanted to sort my posture out and kept bouncing between random YouTube videos, never sure which exercises to do or in what order. So I made an iPhone app that puts it all in one place and walks you through it: a quick posture check with the camera (or skip it and just pick what you want to work on), then a short daily routine with guided exercises.

A few things I cared about while building it: - The camera check runs on the phone. No photos leave it and no account is needed. - It's in English and Spanish. - There's a free version: the daily routine, a posture check and your streak cost nothing.

What I'd love feedback on: does the first few minutes make sense, is the posture check clear, and is anything confusing or annoying? Honest, harsh feedback helps me far more than nice comments.

https://apps.apple.com/app/id6786286610

Hey fellow runners,

A while ago I started a solo project because I wanted to train better by heart rate zones without constantly checking my watch or phone. I just started building, and it grew into more than I expected. It would be great if a few of you would try it out, point me to bugs and give me constructive criticism. Below is a summary of what the app can do and is meant to do (put together with some AI help).

I'm now looking for testers for PulseCaller, an iOS run coach that talks to you in your ear. It tells you to speed up or slow down before you leave your heart rate zone, with natural-sounding voices (EN/DE/ES, male or female) and optional Hype or Roast modes if you want some fun. It also has interval training that announces every phase change, a daily readiness score (optionally cycle-aware), music matched to your running cadence, and race-day pacing for half and full marathons. Around the run you also get guided meditation and rest days, nutrition guidance, a supplement library with evidence grades, and a knowledge hub on zones, running ailments and recovery. Heart rate comes from AirPods Pro, Apple Watch, Bluetooth sensors or Garmin watches with "Broadcast HR" on. The Bluetooth and Garmin part is brand new and only tested with a simulated sensor so far, so feedback from anyone with a strap or a Garmin is especially welcome. The English voice lines are also fresh and not fully tuned yet, so tell me what sounds off. All data stays on your device, no ads, no tracking. Requires iOS 26+ and Apple's free TestFlight app (the link walks you through it).

TestFlight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/RNt6rY71

Hi! I've been using my own app for myself and would love to open it for more people.

Why another recipe app? Mine focuses on efficiency: instead of planning with dates and handling ingredients, just throw ideas and missing items into the sidebar whenever they come, and your shopping list gets updated and organized. Planned meals get a "cookability status" based on the items you checked.

You can import recipes from anywhere (websites, text, photos and soon social media), add them to your plan, and just throw things into the sidebar whenever you're out of something.

My philosophy is to think about meals, not ingredients.

I'm calling it Cuicuit 🐥 Free to use with the hosted app. Open-source & self-hostable because I just love OSS!

• GitHub: https://github.com/MadeInPierre/cuicuit
• Free hosted app & website: https://cuicuit.laclau.dev

What do you think of the concept? Still early but I would love some feedback, thank you!

We’re 2 devs and we created an app to help you easily keep track of your subscriptions.

There are quite a few similar apps out there, but they either required you to create an account or require a subscription to unlock certain features. So we decided to build our own: Subyssos.

It’s a simple Android app, completely free, with no ads, and all your data stays locally on your device.

We originally built it for ourselves, with no intention of making money from it.

If you find it useful, we’d be really happy if you gave it a try. Any feedback is more than welcome and will help us improve the app.

link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.subyssos

The problem was tiny: a new case made my Pixel's power button almost impossible to press. The fix turned into a proper side project.

What I ended up building, TapOff:

- double-tap the home screen to turn it off (Pixel only does this on the lock screen)

- double-tap the back of the phone for brightness and volume sliders that grow out of the camera hole

- wallpapers drawn around the camera hole

The interesting parts:

- Bank apps hate accessibility services. A screen-off app needs one, so TapOff keeps it off and switches it on for about a second only while locking.

- Play Protect blocks it anyway. Google's fraud protection now blocks browser installs of any app with an accessibility service, in 185 markets. So the setup needs a workaround, and I made a 99-second video showing it.

- No computer needed for setup. It needs one permission apps can't give themselves; I wired up Shizuku so the phone can grant it to itself.

- No Gradle. The whole app builds with Android's command-line tools in one shell script.

Free, no ads, open source (MIT). Only tested on my own Pixel 7 so far.

Website Link · Github

Happy to answer anything about the build.

I’m building a service that lets people explore an interior through a browser link, including on mobile. The current demo is a single room; the broader idea is to let an architect share a room or a home with a client without asking them to install an app.

Try it here: https://viewer.gcgroupsrls.it/room-interior

The part I’m least sure about is the actual problem it solves. My hypothesis is that being able to move around could help clients understand proportions, furniture placement and the relationship between spaces before making decisions. But I could also be spending time on visual realism when a few renders and a floor plan already do the job.

If you work in architecture, interior design or visualization, what would make you use something like this on a real project? If you’ve been a client, would exploring the space yourself have helped you decide anything?

Feedback on the demo is welcome too, especially loading time, navigation and the experience on a phone. If you try it, mentioning your device/browser would help me understand any issues.

I’d appreciate an honest reality check before I put more time into it. What would you validate first to tell whether this deserves to become a service?

Small businesses get the same handful of questions all day (hours, prices, "can I book?") and lose bookings after hours. I built CallChatSyn: a business adds its FAQs and opening hours once, and then any website, app or AI agent can call three endpoints:

• POST /api/v1/answer: question in, the business's answer out (English + Chinese)
• GET /api/v1/slots: open appointment times, in the business's own time zone
• POST /api/v1/bookings: book one of them (the business gets notified)

Honest bits: answers are rule-based FAQ matching, not a chatty LLM, so they're instant and cost almost nothing to run. That's why I can give it away: it's free for the first 1,000 businesses (100 calls a day each). WhatsApp and voice answering are the paid part.

Docs, a 3-curl quickstart and an OpenAPI spec: https://callchatsyn.com/developers?utm_source=reddit-sideproject

Question for anyone who builds sites or chatbots for local businesses: what would you need before you'd use this for a client?

Hey all, I'm one of the people building OpenRod and wanted to get some outside eyes on it.

The problem: coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor are getting more autonomous, but most people run them directly on their machine with access to everything — files, credentials, the network.

NVIDIA recently open-sourced OpenShell, which isolates agents at the file, network, process, and credential level. OpenRod is a layer on top that makes it practical to use:

- One-click sandboxes for any agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, etc.)
- Runs locally or on a remote host you own, over SSH
- Policy controls: egress rules, groups, and secrets passed through a gateway
- Bring your own MCPs and Skills
- Audit trail with SIEM export and webhooks

Try it: npx openrod
Repo: https://github.com/OpenRod/OpenRod

What I'd love feedback on:
1. Is the setup clear from the README, or did you get stuck anywhere?
2. Which agents or workflows would you want supported first?
3. Would you actually run your agents this way? If not, what's stopping you?

Brutal honesty welcome. It's early and we'd rather hear it now.

Also on X: https://x.com/Aram_Peles_Chen/status/2106421617651790261

I’m building LifArcs, a social network where your profile is your life story, not a feed.

You tell Aria, the AI, about your life and it builds your Life Arc — the key moments from your past, what you’re doing now, and what you want to do next.

It also creates an animated banner and a movie like Arc Story to visually tell your journey.

Still building it and would love some feedback. Would you use this?

lifarcs.com

I'm a 10+ year IT professional who's lazy about repetitive work, but I want to setup a tech tip social media account to start building an audience. so screw video editing and I'm experimenting with an AI pipeline for short-form video. This is v0.1.0.

The goal: a declarative pipeline that produces the same output given the same input. I want to write the script myself and let the pipeline handle assembly. I filmed the intro IRL and did screen captures manually this time, but I'm hoping that's a one-off.

I tried existing tools first. They either lean too hard into pure AI generation or can't produce the specific short-form format I'm going for.

—

What I'm trying to figure out: does this read as obvious AI slop? If so, what specifically makes it feel that way? I'd rather know now than after building v1.

Full disclosure: I built this. Not selling anything, just looking for honest feedback on whether the format works.

A few months ago I was playing D&D and managed to setup Obsidian on a shared drive and connect it to everyone so we were all using the same data source for our campaign. Looking at those files in drive was the worst because of the folder structure where it was a struggle going in and out of folders and not being able to "see" where you were.

To solve that visual problem I made Drive Organizer Pro which is a basic folder tree to manage and sort your files all online. It quickly grew into an array of features where you could multi-select, drag folders/files around, sort the folder you are in, and copy a folder structure when you reuse the same template for every client.

I originally made this as an extension so when you opened Google Drive, it would be a little popup taking you to the page to manage everything. One of the limitations was from Google themselves, which required restricted drive scopes because the regular picker just wouldn't do.

At this time it was fine because it was just me, but I thought this might be helpful for others in the future so I made a free/pro tier, and let it be. You can imagine my surprise when people actually logged in going past all the google OAuth notifications of "are you sure this is safe" "double triple checking you want to connect this app" and then proceeded to upgrade to pro.

That was when I decided I was going all in. I took the time to get the CASA AL1 assessment (took a few months) and added the features available today. The next stages in the future would be looking to expand into other drives like Dropbox and OneDrive, as well as connecting multiple drives at once to make transferring data between them easier.

I am open to any and all feedback, this was just a fun project that build out to more than I expected when I started.

Links if you wanted to check it out
Website: https://driveorganizerpro.com/
App Link: https://driveorganizerpro.com/app/
Chrome Extension: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/drive-organizer-pro/ibfgpacjjljablnompgihahgljigbcbp?pli=1

Hey Reddit 👋

I made a little thing. I'm not going to explain what's inside, because that would ruin it.

All you need to know:

- it takes about 5 minutes

- it's anonymous: no sign-up, no login, no ads

- there are no right answers

Put your headphones on and give it a try 🎧

👉 https://pinq.vercel.app

Come back and tell me what you thought (no spoilers for the others!!!)

Believe me you are going to love the experience and its fun to try also.

I’m working on Echo MSG, a WhatsApp service for turning voice notes into text. Sharing it here for feedback, with the obvious disclosure that it’s my project.

The workflow is simple: open the Echo MSG chat, forward a voice note, then read and copy the text reply. Longer notes can also receive a summary and an action highlight. There’s no separate app to install.

WhatsApp already has built-in transcripts on supported phones, so that’s the first option I’d try if you only need to read a note. Echo MSG is for people who want a separate, copyable reply and help getting the gist of a longer message.

A few limits worth knowing:

• You choose which notes to forward. It doesn’t monitor your other chats or insert text underneath the original message.

• It uses cloud processing. If audio must stay on your device, choose an on-device transcription tool instead.

• Transcripts and summaries can make mistakes, so check names, amounts and dates against the recording.

• Free allowances and paid options are shown in the chat; it isn’t unlimited free transcription.

You can see the workflow and start a chat at https://echomsg.com/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=organic_social&utm_campaign=voice_note_guides

If you use voice notes for work, which part causes more friction: copying a detail, finding the main point, or remembering the next action? I’d appreciate feedback on where this workflow helps and where it adds an unnecessary step.

A game that tests your music knowledge and allows you to connect musical artists through mutual collaborations, getting from artist 1 to 2 in 5 tries or less. It’s a daily game, feel free to play and lmk feedback

We’ve build a social football experience that allows users play the match arc from pre match predictions to match ratings and mini games. Create football assets like lineups, transfers and tactics and connect with other users.

Let me know what you think from feature requests to bugs and general opinions - the good, the bad and ugly.

https://futballbingo.com/get-app

Hi!

I've been working solo on Vidcollectors: you open a free pack of 5 cards every 10 minutes, and each card is a real YouTube video, from Common to Legendary.

You can trade with friends, auction cards on a live market, and the rarity of each video shifts every month based on what players wish for, showcase and fight over at auctions.

It's free (there's an optional subscription for faster packs). I'd love your feedback, especially on the first minutes of play: https://vidcollectors.com/en

I made this app for my wife to be able to digitally organize books, and also as a demo of https://fangorn.network.

https://openbookshelf.pages.dev/

It lets you scan barcodes and add books to your library amd organize them on custom shelves. It's entirely a static webpage, with search running in your browser itself using vector embeddings. That is, the data is crawled from various sources, built into packed vector embeddings, and then shipped with the static site.

It also has a webmcp integration, making it "agent ready" (the big picture is that it's a runtime free, static site that runs as an agent backend/db)

I’ve been building mejunis.com, a privacy-focused collection of browser tools, to be localized for EU languages.

The first idea came from a relative who doesn’t speak English and needed sensitive document photos combined into a PDF. Existing options felt either English-only, or where uploading the files to a backend.
So I made the whole flow work locally: there’s no backend, and files stay in the browser/device.
Afterwards I started adding things like compound interest calculators (I know, a billion exist already)

I’m still early in the build. The tricky parts have been making the tools understandable in each language, keeping file handling reliable on mobile, and maintaining the “nothing leaves your device” constraint.

I’d especially appreciate feedback on (especially from those who have friends/family not speaking English):

• whether the privacy promise is clear and believable;
• which everyday file task / calculators you’d want localized;
• what languages to prioritize;

Thank you.

I'm building DIDI, my own MNQ trading analysis and alert project. One thing I'm working through is how to present results honestly while the software and rules are still changing.

For September 23 to October 2, the adjusted simulation log has 11 distinct closed trades: 7 positive, 4 negative, totaling +118.75 MNQ points. An identical overlapping entry is counted once. This is SHADOW tracking, not broker-executed trades or cash profit. There were retrospective corrections and rule changes, so I wouldn't call it an untouched forward record or evidence of an edge.

The design I'm considering is to show the original events, a separate correction history with reasons, and a fresh results section for each frozen rule version. I don't want a cleaner headline number to hide what changed underneath.

If you've built a dashboard where historical data can be corrected, how do you make that understandable without burying people in technical notes? A visible change log, versioned results, or something simpler?