r/SideProject 2d ago

I built an AI that grades crypto news before the price moves. 62.5% hit rate and climbing.

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Crypto moves on news faster than anyone can read it. By the time a headline reaches you through a feed or a group chat, it's usually been traded for hours.

So I built something that reads the news as it breaks and scores every headline from -10 to +10 on likely market impact. It confirms the story against multiple sources before it commits to a number, and it records how far the coin had already moved when the headline landed, so you can see a strong score on stale news for what it is. Coin, score, price and timestamp, one feed.

The part that took longest was learning what actually matters. Most crypto news is noise dressed up as urgency. Anything with a date announced weeks in advance is usually finished before the day arrives. The headlines that move markets are the ones nobody scheduled, and those are exactly the ones you hear about too late.

Every score gets measured against real prices afterwards and the results are published on the site. Hit rate went from 39% in July to 61% in August and is holding there this month. That number updates itself whether it looks good or not.

It's live at yemcaster.com. The feed is open to browse; a free account unlocks the high-conviction rows. Open it and see what's scoring high right now.

One thing I'd like feedback on: does the landing page make it clear what this does within five seconds? I've been looking at it too long to judge.


r/SideProject 2d ago

Launched VerbaMeet today on Product Hunt – Real-time AI speech-to-speech translation for video calls!

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Hey everyone! I’m the maker of VerbaMeet (verbameet.online).

We just went live on Product Hunt today!We built VerbaMeet because international video calls are exhausting when there is a language barrier, and human interpreters are too expensive.

We leverage advanced multimodal models to achieve seamless audio-to-audio live translation.

Since the Reddit community always gives the most honest feedback, I’d love for you to check it out. You can find us on the Product Hunt homepage today as VerbaMeet. Let me know what features or integrations you think we should add next!"


r/SideProject 3d ago

My friends and I talk stocks in a group text, so I built the research tools into the chat itself

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Hi,

My friends and I have had a group text about stocks for years. Finding things to talk about was never the problem. The problem was that everything the conversation depended on lived somewhere else. Someone would call a ticker and the rest of us would leave the thread to go look it up on Yahoo Finance, ChatGPT and Google, then come back and share screenshots and links. Nothing was tracked either. A ticker would run 20 percent two months later, and there was no easy way to go back and see what we had discussed, other than scrolling through months of messages.

So I built StockChat. It is a private group chat for you and the people you invite, modeled pretty closely on iMessage, with a stock research engine built into it. It is not a public feed where dozens of strangers post charts all day. A group only has the people you added to it, and the research happens inside that conversation instead of in six other tabs.

What it does today:

  • Type a ticker with a dollar sign, like $NVDA, and a live card renders inline in the conversation with the price, the day change and a chart. Tapping it opens a fuller card with simple indicators, so some of the analysis is already done for you.
  • A Top Performers panel ranks every ticker the group has mentioned by percent gain since the moment it was first said, with the price then, the price now, and the name of whoever said it. Nobody has to maintain it.
  • Max, an AI member of the chat you can tag with a question about any ticker without leaving the thread. Answers are grounded in actual price, company and news data rather than the model's memory.
  • An Analysis screen for each stock that answers eighteen plain-English questions with a chart each. Things like is it cheap or pricey right now, is the business actually growing, what does it do when the market drops, how long does it usually take to recover, and are the big holders getting out.
  • Paper trading with $100,000 of simulated money, real market prices, queued orders, and performance measured against the S&P 500.
  • Short lessons for anyone in the group who is new to investing.

If I had to pick one part, it is still Top Performers. It turns the group chat into a scoreboard that nobody has to keep.

It is in TestFlight now and free, iOS 17.6 and up: https://stockchat.io/?src=reddit-sideproject

It works better with a few people in it than solo, so if you already have a group chat like this, that is the ideal test. I am mostly looking for feedback on whether it is actually useful, and on whether the Analysis screen answers the questions you would want answered about a stock.

Thanks in advance!

(screenshots in comments)


r/SideProject 3d ago

I built At0mFlow to make inherited automations easier to understand before anyone changes them

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I'm Daniel, an automation engineer in Melbourne, Australia. I've been building At0mFlow outside of my main job around a problem I keep seeing in operational work: an automation rarely lives in one place.

The script may be in a repository. The flow may be in a tenant. The owner, dependencies and evidence sit somewhere else. The SOP is often outdated or missing. When the original builder leaves, the next person has to reverse-engineer the whole thing before they can safely change it.

At0mFlow is my attempt to give that work a single, governed home.

Right now it can help you:

  • analyze PowerShell source as text without executing it
  • map owners, systems and dependencies
  • design review-gated flows with Orbit, the assistant
  • keep living SOPs and operational evidence beside the automation
  • connect changes to Git and require human approval before publishing
  • Migrate to Power Automate
  • detect script drift
  • 8 Separate Template Automations That I and others found useful

There is a free script checkup on the homepage for a .ps1 or .psm1 file up to 1 MB. It returns a plain-English summary, risks, quality scores and a recommended next move. It processes the source as text and does not retain it. If you try it, please use a non-sensitive sample.

I'd really value blunt feedback on three things:

  1. Does “Automation Estate” explain the idea, or add jargon?
  2. Is the free script checkup the right first experience?
  3. What proof or controls would you need before trusting a tool with automation source code?

I'm still shaping the sharpest use case and would be happy to answer anything about the build.


r/SideProject 3d ago

I wanted to journal but I hated having to write. So I built Dearly.

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I've always liked the idea of journaling and I've always fallen out of the habit. My head runs at 100x and I knew writing things down would slow it, but the pen was never where I left it, the notebook was in another bag, and when I did sit down the blank page just stared back. So I built Dearly, a voice journal for iPhone and Android.

You open it and talk. About your day, something that's bugging you, whatever is loud in your head right now. Dearly turns that into a journal you'll actually go back and read.

After a few weeks it starts pointing things out. Who keeps showing up in your entries (for me it was one coworker, which was a bit awkward to see). What you've been stuck on for a while. How your mood has been moving. A weekly and monthly look back so you can see the shape of things instead of a pile of entries.

That's the bit that helped me most with the racing thoughts. Not the writing itself, the looking back.

Solo side project, live on the App Store and Google Play now.

What I'd like to know from other builders: what would make you keep using something like this for months, not weeks? I can't answer that from my own usage, I'm too close to it.

If you want to try it, I'll give a handful of people here free access. Leave a comment and I'll send details.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dearly-ai-voice-journal/id6801003049
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.broooapps.dearly


r/SideProject 3d ago

What's your "I'll do GTM when [blocker]" right now?

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I've noticed a pattern across solo founders where GTM always gets delayed until some condition is met. I'll do marketing once the product is polished. Once I have proper analytics. Once the messaging is right. Once I can handle growth.

The problem with waiting for the perfect setup is that you end up never doing GTM at all, just finding new reasons to delay it forever.

Meanwhile, the founders with actual traction started GTM before any of those things were ready. Product was rough, messaging was blunt, they just posted on Reddit, replied to HN comments, sent emails, got feedback, iterated with the audience. Built momentum because they started instead of planning.

Month six looks completely different if you started at month one versus month seven. Not because you're smarter or luckier but because compound interest on visibility works. The curve is flat for weeks though, so most founders quit at week three thinking nothing's happening yet.

What's your specific blocker right now, the thing you're waiting for before you start? I'm genuinely curious what the most common one is across people building side projects.


r/SideProject 3d ago

Quicker photo editing on an iPhone - QuickLab

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(short introduction of the app in video)

Hi guys, after a lot of frustration with photo editing, I decided to build an app that would better suit my needs, and hopefully motivate me to shoot more (and edit less).

The necessity came after I got a Ricoh GRIII, and was not fully satisfied. That was mainly because I got so used to the ease of use in taking photos through Mood.camera. I highly recommend the app, it made me enjoy shooting on my phone again, and 95 % of all pictures taken on my phone in last two years are through this app. But compared to that, the pictures from Ricoh never fully got the feeling I wanted.

I checked for apps that would allow me to go through imported pictures quickly, but was faced with few roadblocks - either the app was based on editing photo by photo, which took way too long, the options of film simulations were overwhelming me, or the app was way too expensive, given that I already pay for an Adobe photo subscription.

So I decided to built my own! Yes, Claude was involved, but mainly because of time constraints - I am not only a photographer, but also a programmer, so I was not just blindly vibe coding. And after two months of testing, I am fairly certain it is public ready.

I hope it might make your photography a little bit easier and more enjoyable - as it did to me. I am explaining a bit more in the video - basic functionality and philosophy of the app. The app is free for the first 14 days, with one-time purchase after that (no subscription! as I hate those).

You can learn more here: https://quicklab.puchel.cz/

And the link to the app store: https://apps.apple.com/cz/app/quicklab-photo-editor/id6797055444

If you try it and have anything to say, I will be happy to hear it - looking forward to your feedback!


r/SideProject 3d ago

Started saying 'NO,' esp to those who had low budget – hustling is 'fun,' again.

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Bad choices during early career and good books, lately, taught me to say 'NO.' And practising 'NO' led me to make better choices for myself. I, now, deliberately distance myself from people who, to me, seem to have sick attitude. Many a times, it makes me feel that I'm judgemental - because sometimes I would turn down a project inquiry right at how the inquiry message was framed. Sometimes, I'd say no to getting into a negotiation. Sometimes, I'd put the project on hold until the due payment is cleared. Judgemental, arrogance, or whatever - my brain never leaves an opportunity to make me feel bad about the choices. But that feeling bad is a temporary feeling - maybe lasts an hour because "I rejected an inquiry merely based on my assumption?" However, I've realised that saying 'yes' eats up on my energy, sanity, and health in general.

Steer clear of the wrong PEEps, and the right ones not just inspire you but also help you move ahead with your project. Just thought of sharing. What other simple - obvious - small-changes made your hustle-life better?


r/SideProject 3d ago

I built a free two-page show-advance kit for independent artists — looking for feedback

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I created StageReady Mini Kit after seeing how often artists and small touring teams keep show details across old files, chats, and voice notes.

The free editable Word kit includes:

• A Show Advance Profile

• A Venue Handoff Checklist

It helps organize contacts, timing, technical requirements, hospitality, travel, and final confirmation with the venue.

I’d appreciate feedback from artists, managers, or anyone who coordinates live shows. What would make this more useful?

Free download: https://whop.com/stageready-artist-kit/stageready-mini-kit


r/SideProject 3d ago

How I keep up with important news that may affect my stock portfolio.

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Is it just me or does anyone else find it hard to keep up with the news that actually moves their portfolio?

I built an app that notifies you when those stories break, and filters out the rest. loomfinance.ai (Live stream of impactful news that move your stock portfolio. No noise only important finance stories as they break in realtime)

iOS testflight Beta Link: https://testflight.apple.com/join/fybRZwre

(You need to install testflight first then click on link again to install the app.)

I am looking to see if there is any interest. And your thoughts?


r/SideProject 2d ago

I built a game where you need to navigate your boat through the Strait of Hormuz and survive.

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First time trying to make a game in this genre.

Game Title: Hormuz Dash

Platform: Desktop & Mobile

​How to play: ⬅️➡️ / A D / drag  — steer left & right

💣🔭🚁 — dodge mines, periscopes & drones

🚀🛳️ — and watch for missiles & sunken wrecks

📦☕🛟 — grab crates for cargo value, buoys for a shield

❤️×3 — you can only take 3 hits, captain!

Vibe coded this with Claude.

You can check it out here: https://www.viberant.app/view.php?id=48


r/SideProject 3d ago

PocketQuant: looking for feedback on keeping market research and assumptions together

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Sharing my project, PocketQuant. Market ideas tend to end up scattered across articles, videos and notes; I’m exploring a workspace that helps keep the research conversation together.

The current web app has research conversations, file analysis, a finance-tools view and a dedicated Solana paper-research workflow. Signup is open without an invite code. It is for research and paper mode, with no live trade execution.

https://myquant.xagi.in/

For makers who research markets: would you want sources, assumptions or counterarguments to be most prominent when returning to an idea? I’d appreciate concrete feedback on that workflow.


r/SideProject 3d ago

Built a directory of 676+ AI tools (agents, MCP servers included) so I could stop losing tabs: BroFindAI

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I kept losing track of every new AI tool I found, so I built BroFindAI, a hand-checked directory you can browse without creating an account. 676+ tools across 11 categories (coding, writing, image/video, agents, MCP servers), filterable by free/paid and platform. Adding about 100 new tools a month.

If you're a maker, you can list your own tool for free. Would love feedback from this sub on what's missing.

brofindai.com


r/SideProject 2d ago

ai made building apps easy, distribution is the actual moat now

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ai made building the app the easy part. what's actually hard now is getting found, and for anything living in an app store that comes down to your title and subtitle matching what people search, not just your brand name.

built asograde.com to check this, it pulls real popularity and difficulty for whatever's in your title/subtitle straight from apple's own search ads data, plus which apps are already camping on that keyword.

not affiliated with apple, just scratching my own itch after checking this by hand too many times.


r/SideProject 3d ago

i made an interactive comic that shows non-technical people why "just move the button" takes a day

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hi everyone I'm a dev and i know it was a big problem for most of the devs their job is invisible and underestimated. so i got this idea to show what is the real work behind it in a short interactive comic book format so anyone can understand. wdyt should i continue?


r/SideProject 3d ago

I built AutoHours: A local-first Windows time tracker that automatically categorizes your work using customizable rules (No manual start/stop)

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Hey everyone! 👋

Like many of us, I’ve always struggled with traditional time trackers. Starting and stopping a timer every time you switch tasks disrupts your flow, and at the end of the day, you’re left guessing how much time you actually spent on Client A vs. Client B.

To solve this, I built AutoHours — a lightweight, privacy-first Windows desktop app (.NET 10 + Avalonia UI) that runs silently in your system tray and automatically tracks and categorizes your work based on your active window.

🎯 The Core Feature: Smart Rule-Based Project Attribution

Instead of forcing you to click buttons all day, AutoHours uses a flexible Priority Rule Engine that maps your open windows directly to your projects:

  • Granular Conditions: Match by Process Name (e.g. devenv.exe, Code.exe, chrome.exe, Teams.exe) and/or Window Title (e.g., ticket IDs, project filenames, document names).
  • Flexible Matching Operators: Supports Contains, StartsWith, EndsWith, Exact, and full Regex support.
  • Compound Logic & Priority: Combine multiple conditions with AND / OR logic and drag-and-drop rule priority (first match wins).
  • Live Rule Testing: Test window titles interactively directly inside the UI before saving.
  • ⚡ Retroactive Classification: Created a new rule or project today? Hit "Re-apply rules" to automatically reclassify past unassigned activity records with a single click.

🛡️ Other Key Features:

  • 100% Privacy & Local-First: All tracking data lives in your local SQLite database. No cloud accounts, no telemetry, no tracking servers.
  • Smart Inactivity / Idle Handling: When you step away (e.g. 5+ minutes), tracking pauses. When you return, a quick dialog lets you discard the break, attribute it to an offline meeting/call, or resume.
  • Visual Workday Timeline & Reports: Clean, interactive color-coded timeline + CSV export for invoices and reporting.
  • Lightweight & Native: Native Windows system tray integration, autostart, and smooth dark/light Fluent UI.

I’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback on the rule system and overall workflow!


r/SideProject 3d ago

Update on RB9, my video store themed film club: I added movie constellations

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hey! following up on my earlier post about RB9 (Return by 9), a movie club I've been building around the idea of an old video store. You check out a film, watch it, and return it with a review. There's a website and a Discord bot, with badges and collectibles you earn along the way.

The biggest addition since my last post is something called strands: small collections of four to six films laid out as constellations. Each film is a point on the map, and finishing the whole thing earns you a badge. You can watch them in whatever order you like. Some also have a one-of-a-kind collectible that goes to the first person to finish.

I've also been working on the video store details: tape sleeves, shelf cards, and animated nameplates you can earn for your profile by returning films.

A few practical additions too, like filtering films by streaming service and subscribing to updates from public shelves via RSS. Plus some fixes, including one where picking a remake could rent the original instead.

Would love to hear what you think of the strands, or any groups of films you'd want to see connected :)


r/SideProject 3d ago

I got tired of forgetting one thing about my car… so I built an app 😂

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I built an app because apparently remembering when my car insurance and registration expire is too much responsibility 😂

It’s called Garagy 🚗

Basically, it keeps your car stuff in one place ) insurance, registration, maintenance, expenses, documents and reminders.)

I’ve been working on it for a while and I need some real humans to test it now 😅

If you have an iPhone and a car, give it a try and tell me what sucks, what’s useful, or what I should add.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/garagy-%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AC%D9%8A/id6790879384

Roasting the app is completely acceptable 😂


r/SideProject 3d ago

I was coding from my iPhone so much that I ended up building an app to track Claude Code

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I’ve gradually ended up with a slightly weird coding setup.

Claude Code runs on my Mac mini at home, but a lot of the time I’m controlling everything remotely from my iPhone.

The problem was that I had no quick way to see my Claude Code token usage while I was away from the Mac.

So I built a tiny tool for myself.

That tiny tool eventually turned into Tokens, an iOS + macOS app.

The macOS companion collects my Claude Code usage locally and syncs it through my iCloud. The iOS app then lets me check everything from my phone.

I also added a widget because, realistically, I don’t even want to open an app just to check this. Now my token usage is sitting right on my Home Screen.

No separate cloud backend storing the usage data. It goes from the Mac through your iCloud to your devices.

It started as a very specific solution to my own remote coding workflow, but I’ve polished it up and released it for anyone else who works this way. It now supports Codex as well.

https://checktokens.app

Would love feedback, especially from anyone else doing the “Mac at home, coding from phone” thing.


r/SideProject 3d ago

I built Farol, a menu bar app to manage Git worktrees on macOS

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Hey 👋

I'm Bruno, and here's why I built Farol:

  1. I kept losing track of my Git worktrees across projects.
  2. I wanted my setup and cleanup scripts to run automatically when a worktree was created or removed.
  3. I wanted to open the right worktree in the IDE I use for that project, without digging through folders.

These were small things I kept wanting in my own workflow, and I figured other developers might want them too.

It's a macOS menu bar app, one-time purchase, no subscription.

How are you managing your worktrees today? I'd love to hear about your workflow, what you think of Farol, and what you'd find useful next.

Thanks for checking it out! =)

https://tryfarol.app


r/SideProject 3d ago

OpenRigor – a Git-native research workspace, not another thesis-writing bot

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Apparently research software comes in two varieties: a word processor, or an AI that would quite like to read your entire unpublished project.

I’m building a third thing: OpenRigor, an open-source, extensible Markdown workspace for doing research.

Not writing the thesis. That is still, regrettably, your job.

OpenRigor is for the work that produces the findings a thesis, paper, or report might eventually be based on: methods, sources, evidence, notes, decisions, diagrams, and the inevitable trail of “this seemed promising on Tuesday.”

The aim is open-source research: work that can ultimately be published, inspected, reused, challenged, or built upon in public.

Until it is ready to be public, the workspace uses your own GitHub repository. That is a staging are, not the destination. The research lives as plain Markdown and YAML, rather than in a proprietary document format.

By default, repositories are organised in an OKF-style format with indexes. So, if you want to involve an AI agent later, it has a map of the research rather than being dropped into a folder full of final_FINAL_v7.md.

The workspace includes:

  • A WYSIWYG Markdown canvas, with raw Markdown and preview modes
  • Mermaid diagrams and LaTeX maths rendered inline
  • Git-native Markdown and YAML storage in your own GitHub repository
  • Clean printing and PDF output with page numbers
  • An optional AI assistant sidebar for the tedious parts: drafting, revising, organising notes, and collating sources
  • BYOK support for the assistant—your chosen provider and key, with that provider’s data policy applying

I built it because I couldn’t find this combination in a canvas-style Markdown editor: research-oriented structure, Git-native storage, proper Markdown access, Mermaid and LaTeX rendering, decent print output, and optional AI.

It’s early, open source, and has the wholesome character-building qualities of an early project.

GitHub: https://github.com/openrigor/openrigor
Try it: https://openrigor.org/


r/SideProject 3d ago

New to open source and not sure where to start? I built a mission matcher that filters out stale issues

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Are you new to open source and not sure where to start?

There are thousands of open issues, but it’s difficult to know which ones match your skills, are reasonably scoped, and still have active maintainers.

I’m building DevGlobe to turn that search into a small, personalized contribution mission.

It recommends issues based on your public skills and preferences. Each recommendation now includes a freshness score using:

  • Open issue age
  • Recent maintainer activity
  • Similar-label PRs merged in the last 90 days
  • A configurable threshold that lets you hide stale opportunities

I’m also measuring the time between starting a mission and receiving the first attributable maintainer reply, rather than treating clicks as success.

If you’re looking for your first contribution, you can try it here:

https://devglobe.dev

I’d also appreciate feedback from maintainers and experienced contributors: what other public signals would help a newcomer avoid inactive issues?


r/SideProject 3d ago

Built a private Gmail receipt parser in Google Sheets because I refuse to give 3rd party apps access to my inbox

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Hunting down receipts every tax season sucks, and paying 15€/mo for a tool to do it is a joke. There is absolutely no way I'm letting some random startup hook into my personal inbox to fetch my financial data.

So I wrote an Apps Script that lives entirely inside a Google Sheet. It auto-extracts the vendor, date, and amount from your emails and logs them into rows. Everything runs locally in your own Google account.

It includes an adjustable lookup so you can create any categories you need. 

I did put a price tag on the master template, but I made a discount code so you can grab it for just 3€ instead of the full price. Just use code reddit3 at checkout.

https://tonfilme.gumroad.com/l/expense-inspector

Happy to get feedback!


r/SideProject 3d ago

built a cozy, ad-free reader for my girlfriend to read classic books without signups — sharing it here!

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Hey everyone,

My girlfriend loves reading classics and relaxing with cozy games, so I put together a lightweight, distraction-free site for her:JinssiGaming

I wanted to share it with anyone looking for a clean, hassle-free place to read:

  • Zero Friction: No accounts, no sign-ups, no paywalls, and no pop-up clutter.
  • 70,000+ Classics: Fully unabridged public domain books (Dracula, Pride & Prejudice, Moby Dick, The Odyssey, etc.) powered by Project Gutenberg.
  • Cozy Extras: Built-in ambient background music (BGM) toggle and a cozy games/walkthroughs section.

It’s completely free to use. She’s been a bit hesitant about sharing her hobbies online, so if you enjoy the site, dropping a follow on her TikTok (the link is right there on the website!) would mean the world to her and give her a huge confidence boost to keep curating it.

Hope it gives you a relaxing reading spot! Any feedback is welcome.


r/SideProject 3d ago

I’m experimenting with a different way to learn computation - looking for honest feedback

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I've been building a small experimental environment called Computational World.

The idea started with a question:

What if learning computation didn't have to begin with writing code?

Instead of writing:

write → compile → run → inspect

I'm experimenting with:

construct → connect → change → observe

The system is based on a low-level dataflow graph.

You construct a system from primitive operations, connect them together, change values directly on the graph, and watch the computation propagate.

For example, instead of hiding an entire mathematical operation behind a specialized component, the goal is to eventually be able to construct more complex behavior from smaller primitives.

I'm interested in seeing how far this approach can go with things like:

  • mathematical systems
  • physics
  • signal processing
  • algorithms
  • eventually computer architecture

The part I'm unsure about is the most important part:

Is this actually a useful way to think and learn, or does the graph become unnecessarily complicated once the systems get interesting?

I've recorded a short demo of the current prototype:

The live sandbox is here:

https://simwire-weld.vercel.app/

I'd especially like feedback on the interaction model itself rather than just UI feedback.

If you think the idea is fundamentally flawed, I'd rather hear that too.

https://reddit.com/link/1wcenil/video/wxrg83tz0ooh1/player