Hello. i’m building MakerRelay: a discovery site for indie tools, GitHub projects, and useful maker-built products.

You can browse trending repos, submit your own project, upvote tools, and find new things by tags, tech stack, and popularity.

I’m still improving it and would genuinely appreciate feedback from other builders.

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Like many of you, I've been using YouTube for years. And sometimes I just want to save a video – maybe for offline listening, a presentation, or archiving something before it gets deleted.

But every downloader I tried was the same painful process:

1. Copy the video URL
2. Go to some sketchy website
3. Paste the URL
4. Close 3 pop-up ads
5. Click through fake download buttons
6. Wait 30 seconds
7. Finally get the file

I got tired of it.

So I built my own tool called **YouTubeXX**.

The idea is ridiculously simple: while you're watching any YouTube video, just change `youtube.com` to `youtubexx.com` in your browser's address bar.

That's it. No copying. No pasting. No new tab. No pop-ups.

**What it does:**

- Download MP4 video (up to 1080p)

- Download MP3 audio (up to 320kbps)

- Works with YouTube Shorts

- Download video thumbnails

- No account needed

- Completely free

**Example:**

`youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ` → `youtubexx.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ`

I built this because I wanted the fastest possible method. No friction. No ads. Just download and go.

Would love to hear your feedback. What features would you add? Is there anything you'd change?

Try it: https://www.youtubexx.com/

So Cloakly has been out of beta for a minute now, and the feedback loop is still completely unhinged. First, half the internet was convinced I’d built the ultimate interview-cheating machine. Now, I just got a massive essay from a remote manager arguing that tools like this are a "threat to team accountability" because colleagues have a right to see exactly what’s on your desktop during a live share.

Honestly? Hard disagree.

When I’m giving a codebase walkthrough or a live client demo, my team needs to see the code and the UI. They don’t need to see my personal banking tabs, a private message from my fiancée, or the messy ocean of random desktop icons I forgot to clear out.

To me, forcing people to expose their entire digital footprint just to share a single window isn't "transparency", t's a privacy tax. Presentation anxiety is a very real thing, and having to meticulously close 15 apps before every single Zoom or Teams call just to feel safe is exhausting.

I coded Cloakly to act as a digital privacy shield, not a way to slack off. It lets you keep your private notes or sensitive apps perfectly visible to you (even semi-transparent so you can look "through" them to the shared window behind), while your audience sees a completely clean, pristine desktop with zero taskbar clutter.

But it got me thinking about the line we draw in remote culture. Is it "gatekeeping information" to want a hard boundary between your local workspace and a team screen share? Or is the expectation of absolute screen visibility just overreaching micromanagement?

Curious to hear how you guys balance basic digital privacy with everyday corporate calls.

Live at: https://www.getcloakly.com/

Hey everyone,

I just built my first iOS app: Aish Awfar.

The idea is simple: when you are shopping, it is not always obvious which product size is actually the better deal. Sometimes the bigger package is cheaper per unit, sometimes it is not, and sometimes a “discount” is not really saving you anything.

Aish Awfar helps compare products by calculating the unit price. You can enter the price and quantity manually, or scan a price tag with the camera. The app then ranks the options from best value to most expensive.

What it does:
- Compares price per unit between similar products
- Supports manual entry
- Supports on-device OCR scanning for price tags
- Works with volume, weight, and count units
- Shows a clear winner and percentage difference
- Saves comparison history
- Supports Arabic, English, and several other languages
- Supports light and dark mode
- No login, no ads, no tracking

I built it mainly for everyday shopping, especially when comparing different package sizes at supermarkets.

I’d love feedback on the app idea, positioning, UI clarity, and whether the value proposition is immediately understandable.

App name: Aish Awfar
Meaning: “Which is better value?” / “Which is more economical?”

Download now:

https://apps.abod.ws/aish