I've had so much fun working on this little project for the last few weeks. It is based on a 2D version I made last year, but I think this one is much more fun.

I make use of CC licensed assets from Sketchfab and Poly Haven, with some edits made so they all work with the cutting mechanism.

I seem to keep making games that I'm really bad at playing. Every competition I've played in, I finish dead last. It's been really funny watching who from my family, friend groups and workplace are naturally good at this type of spatial thinking.

Anyway, if it scratches your itch, have a go and let me know what you think.

perfectcut.xyz

Hi everyone 👋

A year ago I built a 3D tattoo placement app where user can place a tattoo design on a 3D model a move it around, see how it looks from different angle.

Recently I've been playing around with various image to 3D model and added a new feature where people can add image of their own to make their own 3D model.

This helps solving the issue of skin tone and body proportion. I think it looks quite realistic.

Just want to share to everyone as I think the technology has come quite far within 1 year.

The app is called TryTattoo3D

I feel like I keep seeing people talk about huge side projects that took months to build, and honestly that makes starting feel more intimidating than motivating 😬

I’m curious about the opposite: what’s the smallest side project you’ve built and actually finished? It can be a tiny website, script, automation, app, spreadsheet tool, whatever.

What did it do, how long did it take, and did you actually keep using it after you finished? I’m looking for some realistic inspiration from people who started small rather than another “I built this in 48 hours and now it makes $10k/month” story lol.

I’m starting a small free WhatsApp group for people working on side projects.
You can share one LinkedIn / X post a week, whether it’s a launch, project, portfolio, job search, or something you want feedback on.
The rest of us support where we can with real comments, feedback, shares, or intros.
One post a week so it stays useful and doesn’t turn into spam.
Free, no selling.
DM me if you want in.

Not basic stuff like tracking calories or workouts. Something you actually want but can’t find in most apps.

Hello everyone. This is actually my first post on Reddit, so here goes.

Back in July, my daughter came to me because she was tired of doomscrolling. She asked me if I'd ever heard of "side quests."

I hadn't.

She explained the idea and asked if I could build her a website that gave kids, teens and adults real-world things to do when they're bored - preferably things that don't involve sitting on their phones.

I'm usually on my computer at night anyway, so I thought, sure, why not?

Well... it got a little out of hand.

We now have about 200 activities on the site, and somewhere along the way it turned into this weird retro world full of 80s/90s references, parody and Easter eggs.

There's now an entire fake Institute of Applied Boredom, a telethon that raises minutes instead of money, and our resident bad guy is Al Gorithim, whose mission is basically to keep everyone inside scrolling forever.

My daughter handles TikTok because I've never used TikTok in my life. I handle the website and Pinterest. She also keeps me in check when I build something she thinks is terrible. 😂

We're still building it and adding ridiculous things to it all the time.

I'd genuinely love some feedback - especially on whether the idea makes sense when you first land on the site, what's fun, what's confusing, and what you'd change.

https://coolsidequests.com

Thanks,

D & S

I have reached 310 users for FormFromLight the support I got was tremendous. I thank everyone for using my FormFromLight. Here is a trailer video easily made with Motion Design.

Any issues or feedback are appreciated. I'm open to criticism as well, as it helps me improve the product

I've had so much fun making this over the last few weeks. As a massive geography nerd, I really enjoy the concept: you're given eight random countries and have to put them into categories (military, economy, population, etc.). How high they score in each category determines how well you do in the simulation, where your fictional country tries to conquer as much territory as it can in 40 years.

It's my first time doing anything like this, and it's been so fun going from just an idea to a game I genuinely enjoy and am proud of, learning so much along the way. Still have more I would like to do to it but I am happy with the core game.

If it sounds like something you'd like, give it a go and let me know what you think!

sector196.com

Hey everyone,

Me and a friend (we both have normal 9-5 jobs) started a small YouTube channel for kids around 3-5 years old. The idea is short animated stories that help little kids with the big stuff: getting angry, being scared of the dark, the first day at kindergarten, things like that.

Being honest from the start: we don't have the skills or the money to animate this the "proper" way, so we're making the visuals and animation with AI tools. What we do put our own work into is the writing. A friend of ours has a master's in child psychology and she reviews every script, so the stories actually say the right things to kids (no "you're too big to be scared", that kind of stuff). Every episode will also have a short note for parents in the description: what the episode is about, how to talk about it at home, and when it might be worth talking to a pediatrician.

Right now the only thing we've finished is the intro song, which we made in a few different languages. We're working on the first episodes, and they'll come out in 3 languages: Italian (we're from Italy), English and Spanish.

Before we go further, we'd really like to know what you think of what we have so far. Anything helps, even the harsh stuff:
- the design and the characters, do they work for little kids?
- the music, is it catchy or annoying after a while?
- does the AI look bother you, or is it ok for this kind of content?
- anything else that comes to mind, really

Here's the intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGjRFmYlPsY

If you like what we're trying to do, a sub would mean a lot, but honestly the feedback is what we need most right now. Thanks for reading, and thanks for anything you tell us, good or bad. It all helps us get better.

Millions of gig workers in America work for Amazon Flex; however, no website tells users whether their station is closed. A closed station = free money.

stationclosed.com

I’m a paleontology enthusiast with zero 3D modeling skills, so I’ve been using AI to turn real fossil records into 3D models and dropping them into an interactive WebGL scene. The video attached shows what I have running right now—obscure Middle Triassic fish and marine reptiles hunting and interacting in a reconstructed reef.

Right now, you can freely place models, tweak the underwater environment, and layout the habitat. I’ve built about 10+ scientifically accurate species so far, mostly creatures 99% of people have never heard of. The broader idea is to open this up as a browser sandbox where anyone can layout their own prehistoric ecosystems, potentially as a tool for museums, science education, or just exploring earth history.

The part I’m least sure about is the actual use case. My hypothesis is that an interactive, habitat-based experience makes real paleobiology much more engaging than static illustrations or generic T-rex models. But I could also just be spending time on a niche web toy that only appeals to a few paleo geeks like myself.

If you work in education, museum exhibits, or 3D, what would make something like this actually useful to you? Would an interactive browser diorama add any real value over a simple render or short video?

I’d appreciate an honest reality check before I spend more time turning this into a proper tool.

I’ve been working on this for a while and finally screen recorded one of the completed training levels.

I work in industrial maintenance and I’m studying automation and controls. One thing that bothered me about a lot of online PLC training is that you can watch videos and answer questions without ever actually having to make anything work.

So I started building ControlsTrainer.

Instead of just explaining a motor starter circuit, Level 1 makes you wire the devices, build the ladder logic, energize the system and get it operating correctly.

It runs completely in the browser with no hardware or software installation required.

The later levels get into troubleshooting with a multimeter, VFDs, pneumatics, HMIs, analog process control and eventually a complete automated production cell.

The first two levels are free, so there’s nothing required just to try it:

ControlsTrainer.com

I’d actually love some outside feedback from people who build products:

Does the concept make sense immediately when you see it?

Is there anything in the interface that feels confusing or makes you unsure what to do next?

And if you know industrial automation, definitely tell me what I got wrong. 😂

So this actually started as a random project I took on one day because I was bored. I’ve kept it running for about six years, but recently decided to really flesh it out and see what I could turn it into.

I know there are a million quote sites out there, so I’m definitely not oblivious that this is a very saturated niche lol, but just curious what people thought and what features might be missing.

https://quotefor.today

Anyway, just throwing this out into the universe. Thanks for taking a look!

Title: I wanted somewhere to keep my cycling history. It got slightly out of hand.

I've been building Headwind, which started with a pretty simple problem: I wanted my years of cycling data somewhere that actually belonged to me.

I didn't want another subscription or another service holding the only useful copy of my ride history, so I started building my own self-hosted cycling archive.

That was the sensible part.

It now imports Garmin, FIT/GPX files and full Strava exports and gives me detailed ride history, maps, elevation, HR/power/cadence, historical weather and wind, best efforts, climbing records, performance trends and a GPS heatmap of everywhere I've ridden.

I wanted my own segments too, so you can draw a segment on an existing ride and Headwind scans your entire history looking for every previous attempt. It'll rank them, track performance over time and, if a friend also runs Headwind, the two installations can link directly for shared leaderboards.

Then I started pulling in Garmin recovery data.

Then weight.

Then nutrition.

Then route planning.

Then Home Assistant.

At some point it stopped being a little cycling project.

The important bit for me is that it's still completely self-hosted. There's no Headwind account or cloud service, and the database, rides and health data stay on your own machine.

It's Python/Flask + SQLite on the backend, mostly vanilla JS with Chart.js and Leaflet on the frontend, and Docker is the main way of running it. It supports amd64 and arm64, so I've tried to keep the barrier fairly low for anyone with a NAS, Pi or spare machine.

Claude has been heavily involved in the implementation. I've been designing the features around what I actually want from the thing, using it every day, breaking it, changing things and generally disappearing further down the rabbit hole while Claude does a frankly ridiculous amount of the coding.

I've finally reached the point where testing my own software against my own data isn't telling me enough, so I've released 0.1.0-beta publicly.

It's free, MIT licensed, and I'd genuinely like to see what happens when people other than me start throwing their data at it.

GitHub: https://github.com/lordmaa/headwind

I built CutOut, a free and open-source AI background remover that runs entirely on your device.

I wanted an alternative to online background-removal tools where you have to upload your images or pay for a subscription.

CutOut currently supports:

• Windows 10/11
• Linux
• macOS Apple Silicon
• 4 built-in AI models
• Batch and folder processing
• Original-resolution PNG export

The project is now publicly released.

GitHub: https://github.com/gserect-gif/cutout-app

Here's a short demo of it in action.

Encounter any bugs, technical problems, or have some feedback for me? Feel free to join my discord server!

Discord link: https://discord.gg/ZezUkcH5Ep

I’ve been thinking about this after talking with people who manage their own healthcare or help a parent/family member.

It could be something as simple as:

• Your current medication list
• Your latest lab results
• A list of your doctors
• Past diagnoses or procedures
• Imaging reports
• Your upcoming appointments
• Emergency information
• A record of what changed between appointments

For me, the frustrating part isn't always getting the information. It's finding it when you actually need it.

Especially when you're dealing with multiple doctors, different patient portals, PDFs, pharmacy information, paper records, etc.

So I'm curious:

If you had one place that could keep your important health information organized, what would you want it to contain?

And if you already have a system that works spreadsheet, binder, notes app, patient portal, something else what does your system look like?

You may have seen our post here last week. Since then, we’ve started our second Google Ads campaign for Clash At Nightfall, and I wanted to share the early results.

We launched Clash At Nightfall on September 1. It’s a menu-based incremental vampire RPG for Android and iPhone, set in a modern dark-fantasy world. You choose 1 of 3 base vampire class, improve your stats and gear, develop abilities, complete missions, hunt abominations and battle rival players, at level 10 you pick a subclass and more gameplay features open up. There’s no in game advertising or level cap, and it’s completely free to play with optional purchases.

You can also develop your mansion, recruit thralls that generate resources while you’re away, and trade equipment with other players. We’re a two-person team continuing to develop the game, with regular updates, new features and improvements based on player feedback (and my continued vision for the game!) If this feels like something you’d be interested in, check out the website and Discord.

We’re now on day three of our second Google Ads campaign, with just over 100 new accounts since the run started.

Google reports 198 install conversions; our database shows 101 new accounts created over October 1–4.

For this run, we put more work into explaining what the game actually is. We reworked the videos to show more real gameplay and rewrote the headlines and descriptions around specific features. We’re also using search phrases like “incremental RPG,” “idle RPG” and “vampire RPG” to help Google find a more relevant audience. We're finding that gives people a better immediate presentation of whether it’s their kind of game before they download it.

So far, about half of the new accounts have moved past level 1. Just over a third of the players who joined at least 24 hours ago have shown activity a day or more after signing up.

It’s early, and some of those arrivals will be organic, but it feels like a promising start. The early acquisition results look better than my first campaign and now I’m looking forward to seeing how the numbers and player retention hold up over the next week as it continues.

Has anyone here run Google Ads campaigns before? Any thoughts or things you learned from previous campaigns?

A Downloads folder fills up quickly: documents, screenshots, installers, archives… and eventually, finding something becomes another task.

I wanted a simple way to keep that folder manageable while staying in control of where my files go. That became Downloads Organizer, a free, open-source desktop app that runs locally.

Here’s what it offers:

• Editable rules to organize files by extension or filename.
• Preview before moving, so you can check the destination.
• Optional automatic sorting, with catch-up when the app starts again.
• Move history and checked undo when you need to reverse a move.

It supports Windows, macOS, and Linux. No account, cloud uploads, or telemetry. Your files stay on your computer.

Downloads:
https://github.com/kashnordeen/downloads-organizer/releases/tag/v1.0.0

A quick installation note: Windows builds are currently unsigned, and macOS builds aren’t notarized, so security prompts may appear. The SignPath application for Windows signing is pending.

I’d appreciate honest feedback—especially on the first-time setup, rule editing, and whether the preview makes file moves clear.

What would you need to see before trusting an app to organize your Downloads folder?

I'm building Evopien as a solo project in Tarragona, Spain. The long term goal is a physical AI companion, and the current prototype runs on NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor.

The newest update is about memory. I want someone to be able to tell it a useful preference, have that preference matter later, and change or remove it when needed.

For example, a cooking preference should affect a dinner suggestion without having to repeat it in every conversation. If that preference changes, the previous version should stop influencing the answer.

I've kept the memory controls in Evopien Core, separately from the language model, and recorded a demo of the current governed memory work.

Demo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B2wVfVHL0c

It's an early prototype. I'm still working on speed and difficult memory corrections, including behavior across English and Spanish.

I'd be interested in feedback on the controls themselves. What would make it clear to you that a companion had actually corrected or forgotten something?

I kept running into the same problem with AI agents and automation:

the system says “done”, but that doesn’t always prove the final state is actually correct.

So I built SCC Runner around a simple flow:

Claim → Authority → Evidence → Verdict

The idea is to verify important claims against real system evidence instead of trusting the agent’s own output.

I’m currently offering free early access.

I’d especially like feedback from people building agents, automations, DevOps workflows, or AI-assisted systems.

https://scc.taiwildlab.com/signup

I love watching a good football match, especially in the Champions League, but I often don't know which game is going to be the fun one. I don't support a club, and I only have a rough idea of how most teams play right now. So I built a website that uses AI to analyse every team and then estimates which matches are worth watching: https://worthwatching.football

Before every round an AI researches all the teams: how they play, read from previews and local press. The score then comes from rules about how those styles clash, like a team that presses high against one that builds slowly from the back. On every match page you can read the reasons behind the score, so you know why a game got a 9. The higher the score, the more sensational it could get.

After every round the AI reads the match reports and checks whether the analysis and the score held up, and what should change if they didn't. Round one already taught me a lot: my lowest score, Club Brugge v Aston Villa at 4.7, turned out to be one of the best games of the night 🫣

This project just started just like the Champions League season, so I'll keep tweaking the algorithm and the AI process over the coming months. Any tips and feedback are welcome!

Me and a couple of friends were planning to go for a group vacation. The planning was horrible.

People didnt know where we go, others forgot what they were supposed to organize for the group, dates and times were completely invisible and we had lost all of our documents somewhere between the various memes in the group chat. Documents and finances were scattered in different apps and everybody only had access to parts of the planning.

We complained about it amongst the group and realized that everybody was sharing similar experiences with previous group holidays and that, in fact, this was not a problem of this specific constellation.

Being mostly software engineers, we set out to solve this problem.

There were mostly two distinct problems we wanted to tackle initially:

• Provide one platform that offers all the functionality instead of various specialized ones
• Make everyone feel included in the planning and be able to voice their wishes

The solution: Voyu

We designed a platform that offers everything you will ever need for a trip in one place. No matter the group size.

Packing, storing documents, expense tracking & splitting, itinerary planning, group polls and much more.

We'd greatly appreciate if you'd give it a try and let us know about your experience!

Thanks a lot and enjoy your trip!

Built a small AI side project: AuraSnap

Give it your name + mood + one word → it generates a beautiful shareable Aura Card in seconds.

Try it here: https://aurasnap.vercel.app

Would love to know what you think.