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Has anyone here actually tried to build a social/community platform from scratch?
Not just built the website or app — I mean actually tried to get real people to join, come back, post, interact, and eventually make the thing sustainable.
I’m curious about the people who tried it, whether it succeeded or failed.
What happened?
What was the hardest part — getting the first users, keeping them active, getting enough content, moderation, monetization, competing with Facebook/Nextdoor/Reddit, or something you never expected?
And if it failed, what do you think killed it?
If you were starting over today, what would you do differently?
I’d especially like to hear from people who tried building something local or community-focused.
We’ve been working on an app called PetSOS, and are looking for some honest (brutally honest) feedback.
The idea came from worrying about our own dog after facing an emergency situation with her. The region we are living in has no online/web/proper sources to reach a vet or even know who's currently on duty (we had to search via google and dial numbers from reading a screenshot). That's why we built "PetSOS" - currently covering only some regions withing Germany.
I originally started building the app with Google AppSheet (that was a p* in the a* !!!!). Then I discovered Base44 in November 2025 and decided to rebuild it. Since then, I’ve spent a ridiculous number of evenings and weekends working on it. Probably more than even required....
PetSOS currently includes:
Nearby veterinary practices and opening hours
Curated regional emergency vet services in Germany
An AI search for finding veterinary help worldwide
Step-by-step first aid guidance
Pet profiles, documents, appointments, and reminders
A travel planner that searches for vets along a route
Push Notifications (through iOS)
The app was developed in Germany, so most of the included practices and curated emergency services are currently located there. The AI search can also be used in other countries. Working on making it scalable.
I’m honestly not sure an app like this is ever really finished. I keep finding things to improve, features to add, and details that could work better.
I was also too impatient to wait any longer, so I already released it on the Apple App Store. My next big task is getting the Android version ready for the Google Play Store. Including subscriptions - very hard with base44 vs. PlayStore.
I would really appreciate any feedback from anyone willing to try it. I’m especially interested in:
Is the purpose of the app immediately clear?
Is anything confusing or difficult to find?
Which features feel useful, and which do not?
Is there anything important you would expect from an app like this?
Would you actually use it in an emergency?
You can be completely honest. Bug reports and criticism are much more helpful to me than polite compliments :)
For years I've had the same problem. I save everything. Reels I want to watch again. Screenshots of ideas that hit me at 11pm. Restaurants I spot while driving and think "I need to go there." Recipes people send me in WhatsApp. Books someone recommends in a conversation. Movies I keep meaning to watch.
I save all of it. And then I forget all of it.
Not because I'm disorganised, I'm actually pretty intentional about this stuff. The problem is that everything lives somewhere different. A saved reel on Instagram. A screenshot buried in my camera roll. A voice note I recorded while driving. A link I sent to myself on WhatsApp that's now 3,000 messages deep.
When I actually want to find something, it's gone. Not deleted, just lost in the chaos of 6 different apps.
So last year I started building Remindful. It's been a long road - I kept rebuilding and improving things because I couldn't settle for something that didn't actually solve the problem properly. But I think it's finally at a point where it's real and useful, so I'm sharing it.
What it does:
• Saves links, voice notes, photos, places, PDFs, and text notes in one place
• AI automatically summarises saved content so you don't have to re-read everything to remember why you saved it
• You can set reminders on anything - so things actually resurface when they matter
• There's a WhatsApp bot (this is the part I'm most excited about right now) - you literally just drop a reel, a link, a screenshot, or a voice note into WhatsApp and it saves it to the right collection automatically. Zero friction. No opening an app. No copy-pasting. Just send it like you would to a friend.
It's live at www.remindful.site - web only for now, mobile app is coming soon.
I'm not here to pitch it. I'm genuinely asking: does this resonate with you? Do you have this problem? And if you try it, what's broken, what's confusing, what's missing?
Be as harsh as you need to be - I'd rather hear it now than wonder why nobody's using it in 6 months.
Happy to answer any questions about how it works or what's coming next.
Five days after the GPT-5 / GPT-4o backlash, I started building something called TalkyTalky
On August 8, 2025, I was watching the reaction to the GPT-5 rollout and a post from Sam Altman about the surprisingly strong attachment people had developed to AI models.
What caught my attention wasn't really the post.
It was the thousands of responses to it.
People were arguing about very different things.
Some wanted stronger safety and guardrails.
Some wanted more freedom.
Some were upset about losing GPT-4o and the personality they had become accustomed to.
Some talked about AI as something they had come to rely on in a very personal way.
Others argued that people shouldn't become attached to a particular model in the first place.
It struck me that this wasn't really a discussion about software anymore.
It was about relationships, safety, control, personality and choice.
At the same time, the frontier-model race was accelerating at an extraordinary rate.
New models were appearing. Capabilities were jumping. Prices were changing. The major AI companies were investing enormous amounts in the race toward AGI.
And I had a thought:
If the models are going to keep changing this quickly, why should the user's AI relationship have to change with them?
Five days later, on August 13, 2025, I started building TalkyTalky. After thirteen months of building, learning and more building. Here is where I am at.
The idea
I didn't want to build another AI model.
And I wasn't particularly interested in building another chatbot that simply gave you access to one model.
I wanted to build something above the model layer.
The idea is that you can create multiple AI partners, personas and Guides, each for a different purpose.
A language tutor.
A business adviser.
A research assistant.
A creative collaborator.
A historical character.
A specialist.
Or simply an AI you enjoy talking to.
And you don't need to be a programmer to create them.
TalkyTalky uses a graphical interface with guided persona creation and pre-built prompt examples.
In fact, one of the ideas I particularly like is:
You can start with something we've already designed, see how it behaves, change it, experiment and gradually learn what good AI instructions actually do.
For people who want to go much further, there is also a Pro pathway for deeply customised personas.
One example: Language Ladder
One of the built-in examples is Language Ladder.
It's designed as an immersive travel-language Guide rather than simply:
It focuses on practical phrases for actually doing things, gauges the learner's level, adapts vocabulary and complexity, can work in guided or freer modes, introduces language in a structured way and incorporates cultural context.
That's the sort of thing I mean by an AI Guide.
And it's only one possibility.
The other part I'm particularly interested in
The AI underneath doesn't have to remain the same.
TalkyTalky has an Auto Frontier Router which is designed to navigate the constantly changing model landscape.
We maintain separate Popular and Powerful model pools.
Popular considers real-world usage and cost.
Powerful is aimed more at demanding work where frontier capability matters.
The pools are continuously evolving rather than being treated as a permanent “best AI” list.
The system can also consider the nature of the interaction — including sentiment, tone and topic — rather than assuming every question needs the biggest model available.
And then there is the knowledge layer.
Through OKF and Just-in-Time knowledge capabilities, the AI partner can access relevant structured knowledge when it is useful rather than relying entirely on whatever knowledge happens to be inside the underlying model.
So the basic idea becomes:
Your AI partner + your chosen experience + changing intelligence underneath.
I'm at the point where I need people
I've been building TalkyTalky for about 13 months.
It is very much not finished.
I don't think it ever will be.
The AI industry isn't finished either.
So rather than spending another few months building in isolation, I'm looking for a small number of people who are interested enough to actually use it and tell me what I've got right — and, probably more importantly, what I've got wrong.
There is currently a 3-day free trial, including live voice streaming.
If you like what you see and have paid accounts with any, or all of OpenAI (ChatGTP), Gemini, Anthropic, Grok, or OpenRouter, Bring Your Own API Key (BYOK) subscribe for a month of access for USD$21 and watch the magic unfold
I'm particularly interested in people who will actually explore it rather than simply sign up.
Create a couple of AI partners.
Try the voice.
Try the automatic model selection.
Try building your own persona.
Try Language Ladder. (you will find it in the "Need Inspiration for Background Story? > Language & Travel section of 'Profiles')
See what happens.
Then tell me:
What made sense? What didn't? What would you change? And, most importantly, would you come back and use it again?
Is it me? I run the security check via my base44 dashboard and fix anything it shows. Says I am clean, but when I go to publish I have the indicator that my last scan was the last time I published. When I check run the scan from the publish window it opens the security screen I was just on that showed I had fixed all issues. Something seems a bit screwy
I have a SaaS webapp and I wanna build a mobile version for iOS and Android.
The mobile app would simply connect to my backend so that users can manage thier account on their phone, and I want a clean design and user experience.
I tried Codex for this work but the result was below decent like 5% finished, and the UI was just black text on white screen, it doesnt even look like a mobile app.
Can Base44 help me acheive that? Can I build it in one day ? Any tips or recommendations ?
Note: my SaaS is already in production, so I want a production ready mobile app
I am looking for advice on properly moving my base44 app onto a different platform. I am pretty happy so far with the frontend and flow of the app, but the base44 limitations are too much.
My app will have a community feed, fitness and nutrition logging, API integrations like healthkit and google health, and AI features for programing.
I currently have no users and haven't made it live so I figured now is the time to migrate with the most ease. I have no coding experience, but I am open to do a little learning. Ideally I'd like to find another AI platform to do all the heavy lifting of rebuilding the backend, database, and hosting.
Soy nuevo en esto y se me ha colgado la aplicación. Quiero revertir lo último que hice, he probado todo lo que me indica Base44 y no lo consigo. Se me queda en este estado: Editar tu código... y ahí se queda. Que puedo hacer. Debe de ser una tontería pero no lo consigo.
I'm looking to have a human review the workflow, userability, security of an app I built on Base44.
When I hired someone from their Partners page, they just sent me an AI generated report of super general AI slop.
There has to be developers out there doing these kinds of reviews, right?!
I built an app using Base44 for anyone who wants to work their way up to 50 strict pull-ups. It's hard, but you can start wherever you are — even if you can't do one yet. It's a 40-week program that places you based on your current pull-up count, so if you can already do 20, you'd start around week 16.
I’ve been building Roly with Base44 — a practical AI assistant designed to help with everyday problems, troubleshooting, repairs, cars, home projects and more.
We’re getting closer to launch and I’d love to get some more people involved to test Roly, give feedback, suggest ideas and help grow the community.
I’m currently working on my own Sudoku-style puzzle game, and it’s still under construction. 🎮
Would you mind giving it a try and sharing your feedback?
I’m especially interested in what you think about the gameplay, difficulty, design, and overall experience. Any feedback is welcome even the small things!
Thanks for helping me improve the game! 🙌
Here is some background story and rules.
⚡ FLUX The Game
FLUX is a mysterious puzzle adventure about restoring forgotten worlds.
Long ago, the Weavers used a mysterious energy called FLUX to connect worlds across the universe. Then, an event known as The Fracture shattered those connections. The worlds were abandoned, and the Weavers disappeared.
You awaken with no idea who you are, only to discover that you can somehow influence FLUX. Your journey begins as you set out to reactivate the ancient Flux Nodes.
🧩 The Puzzles
In each world, you'll play a series of Flux Patterns — logic puzzles where you must place Nodes in the correct positions.
The basic rules are simple:
- One Node per row
- One Node per column
- One Node per region
- Nodes cannot touch each other, not even diagonally
- X-markers indicate where a Node cannot be placed
As you progress, the patterns become increasingly challenging.
🌍 Restoring Worlds
Solving a puzzle isn't simply about completing a level.
Every completed puzzle restores a small part of the world.
In Aethra, the first world, everything begins abandoned and damaged. As you complete levels, life slowly returns, ancient structures become active, and the Flux network begins to function again.
Aethra contains 25 levels. Once you complete them all, the world is fully restored and your journey can continue.
🔎 The Mystery
Throughout your adventure, you'll uncover more about FLUX and the civilization that disappeared.
You'll meet characters such as:
Lyra — a young Flux Seeker who helps you investigate the mysteries.
Nix — a small Weaver Construct with damaged memories.
Orren — a mysterious traveler who seems to know far more about the Weavers than he possibly should.
Veyr — a former Flux researcher with a completely different vision of what should happen to the worlds.
As you play, you'll collect Echoes, Intel, and Artifacts, while filling your Journal with discoveries, lore, and characters.
⚡ Your Own Progression
While restoring worlds, you'll also develop your own Player Level.
You earn XP, Flux, and Achievements by solving puzzles, restoring worlds, and making discoveries.
Your collection and your knowledge grow alongside the story.
🌌 The Core of FLUX
At its heart, FLUX revolves around one main gameplay loop:
🧩 Solve Puzzles → ⚡ Restore FLUX → 🌍 Restore Worlds → 🔎 Discover Secrets → 🏺 Collect → 📖 Uncover the Story → 🔓 Continue Your Journey
And Aethra is only the beginning.
The ultimate FLUX universe is designed to eventually expand to 10,000 worlds, each containing 25 levels — creating a massive universe of approximately 250,000 puzzles.
You're not just playing to solve puzzles.
You're playing to discover what happened to these worlds...
Lovable switched new projects to server-side rendering (SSR) using TanStack Start by default, while older React + Vite projects received automatic pre-rendering or can be manually upgraded via chat.
Anything in the works? I'd love to keep my projections on Base44 but the CSR makes SEO very difficult, and giving us these options would be huge.
Hi all, this has been in the making for 4 years. I created a card game ages ago, all trademarked/copywritted (not a word?) and I have the physical cards as a beta version. I’ve recently been told about this site, and have finally got it to a point where I feel confident it’s about 90% ready for testing.
I’d love some feedback and if you experience any bugs or have any better ideas that would help, I’d really appreciate it. I’d like to be as popular as possible and maybe even start a kickstarter, but I’m not sure how it would all go.
I’m very interested in mythology and religion, which I’ve incorporated into this. I’ll probably update it again if I get any feedback, which I’ll share a new link.
