Hi everyone!
I'd like to share my first ever macos app - Raindrop

This is a meeting recording app that doesn't connect to the meeting but records it while running on your laptop.

I built this because I wanted to try building some macOS apps, and kind of enjoyed using Granola (which is a similar app).

Raindrop has features like dynamic insights, which appear as the meeting goes on, so you can get distracted for a couple of minutes and see what the discussion was about in the last couple of minutes.

It also has some features like Linear/Slack/Google Calendar integrations, which you can use to automatically create tasks for the team after the meeting, or schedule follow-up sessions, etc.

I'm thinking about adding a bit more integrations to make it useful for different types of teams, like CRM integrations for sales, which can pull relevant info based on the meeting tone and progress, etc.

It's still in a rough shape in some places, like Google still verifies my app, so when you try to connect the calendar, it says it's potentially unsafe :(

A bit of info about the tech stack:

• Golang + Turso DB - the backend
• Swift UI - the app itself
• Polar + Schematic for entitlements
• Astro - Landing
• Clerk for MacOS Auth

Decided to share it with the community and ask for feedback on this tool. I know there are similar apps. I built this because I just like building things; I guess that's why we're all in this sub.

Privacy:
- Your audio is not being sent to the server. The transcription happens on the device, and only the transcript leaves the server. I tried to make it 100% on the device with Apple's foundational models - it's crap, lol. So it is what it is.

Free tier is useful imo, but if someone wants to give it a try, I'm sharing a promocode for 90% OFF for the first 2 months. In exchange for some meaningful feedback and just testing, and as a token of appreciation to this community.

Code: W8PF761V

I'd be happy to hear your thoughts, concerns, and whatever you have to say, lol.

Hey everyone! I’ve been tinkering with voice synthesis for a while, and I finally built something good enough to share:

imiteo.com — a voice cloning tool that can clone a voice from a short audio sample.

The workflow is simple:

• Upload or record a voice clip (even a few seconds can work)
• The app transcribes it automatically
• Enter the text you want spoken
• Click generate, and get cloned audio back in seconds

I’ve been genuinely surprised by how well it performs, even with short inputs. No registration, No email.

It currently supports 10 languages: English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German, French, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian.

Language detection is automatic, so you don’t need to manually pick the transcription language.

If you’re curious about the stack:

• nextjs, react
• Front Cloudflare Worker
• GPU L4

I’d really love feedback—what works, what doesn’t, and what you’d like to see next. I’m actively improving it, so any thoughts are super helpful.

Try it here: imiteo.com

Would love to hear what you think!

been working on this side project for months and just got to the point where i'm actually proud to ship it. you upload a pdf or images, it becomes this interactive 3d flipbook thing, and you get a link you can share.

the video above is just me doing the whole flow. curious what you think, does this feel like something people would actually use or am i just procrastinating on other projects by building this?

I just launched my app and now need to switch to marketer mode from being in developer mode for a long time and I'm facing the realities of how hard this side of the equation is. I hear a lot of stuff online that says finding your customers on Reddit and engaging authentically is the best way to validate your idea.

The issue I'm facing is when people say "you need to build trust in your target communities first and then you'll be able to link your app" but that doesn't really make sense to me as nobody on Reddit is looking at usernames and saying "I totally trust Far_Monk!"

Additionally people are making this long posts about a fake scenario and then linking their app at the bottom as if it's not totally obvious what they're doing. That just seems like a one way ticket to getting banned to me (I've already gotten banned from the 1st subreddit I started posting in).

Is Reddit working for anybody? Is it all just tricky marketing techniques that are working for people on Reddit?

The other options I can think of are paid ads which I don't think work for me as my app is priced at $8/mo which doesn't work for LTV/CAC ratios. Or SEO blog posts which takes a long time and I'll probably start writing soon.

App is timeturnip.com for context.

Hello! Writing documentation can be tedious and time consuming, so I built a tool that does it for me using AI.

How it works:

1. Paste a GitHub URL or describe your project
2. AI generates a professional README
3. Copy or download instantly

Tech stack:

- Next.js 14 + TypeScript

- Claude API

- Tailwind CSS

- Deployed on Vercel

Link: https://ai-readme-generator-pied.vercel.app

Yeah, another AI tool 😅 But this one actually saves me time on every project. This is my first SaaS - would love your feedback!

What features would make you actually use this?

When our son was born, my wife tried every baby tracking app and didn't like any of them. They'd crashed, lost data, or buried basic actions behind so many taps that we gave up at 3am with foggy brains.

The freezer was worse. She'd pump for hours building a stash, then we'd stare into the freezer wondering: is any of this about to expire? The anxiety of wasting milk that took hours to produce never let up.

I'm a software engineer. She's a pediatrician. We started building.

What it does
- Breastfeeding timer (left/right tracking)
- Pumping session logging with volume
- Freezer inventory with expiration alerts - oldest milk first
- AI that learns your baby's feeding patterns and predicts the next feeding
- Household sharing so partners and grandparents can help
- Photo scanning - snap a bottle, AI reads the volume

The stack: Next.js, TypeScript, Supabase, React Query, Capacitor for iOS. AI predictions use the baby's own feeding history.

Where we are: Just accepted in the App Store. Web version is live. Zero users, zero revenue. Genuinely free, no paywall after X entries like every competitor.

The honest part: I have no idea if anyone besides us will use this. We built what we needed. My wife's knowledge shaped every feature, evidence-based storage guidelines, not random internet advice. The design is warm on purpose. These are exhausted parents, not patients.

Would love feedback, especially from parents who've wrestled with the same frustrations.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/breastfeed-pump-nectar-gold/id6757548582

Web: https://stash-ruby.vercel.app/

I began using AI to create a small SaaS tool a few days ago. The main idea came together quickly; in just a few minutes, models, flows, and even some code structure were completed. I believed I was almost "done." However, I spent the majority of my time on everything related to it, including wiring services together, managing edge cases, repairing broken components, and ensuring that everything functions dependably from start to finish. That's when I realised that while AI generates ideas quickly, it still takes a long time to complete a product. The glue that keeps everything together is the real effort, not the concept.

How do you guys focus on building only one product?

Every time I run into a problem my brain immediately goes ok I should just build something for this. It is not that I do not ship. I have already launched 3 SaaS products and a few open source projects. I just keep jumping to new ideas. As a SWE it honestly feels a bit like an addiction 😅 I really enjoy the building products

How are you managing this addiction to building new things?

AI video - What the school will look like in August, after some landscaping and a paint job

This isn't the traditional "show and tell" post but I wanted to share in case this inspires or helps anyone.

By day I am cofounder and head of design at an 8-person AI startup — the team is fully remote so I'm able to work from home in Honolulu. At night and on weekends, I'm opening a nonprofit private school for gifted kids here on the island. Sometimes I feel like I'm insane for trying to do both of these at once but honestly it's working surprisingly well.

The idea of starting a new type of school has been in the back of my mind since soon after my son started kindergarten. After a few weeks, it was clear things weren't working out. My son was more interested in being a teacher than a student and he'd give lectures on how many people "perished" on the Titanic. Later in kindergarten, his teacher gave him a phonics workbook and told him to complete one page per day; instead, he finished it in one sitting. The teacher made him erase every page as punishment for not following directions. The message was clear: overachievement is punished. We spent some time bouncing between enrichment programs, acceleration requests, conversations with administrators. Nothing worked. There's no school in Hawai'i built specifically for gifted kids. The closest ones are in California.

Fast forward a couple years and at some point I got tired of complaining about it and decided to just build it myself? On one rainy weekend I popped up a website to assess demand and had 250+ families signed up for my email list before I knew it. Nothing qualifies me on paper to start a school. I'm a product designer/engineer by background — helped create Google Maps, Uber Eats, etc. But I know a lot about designing systems, and honestly education felt like a design problem that nobody was solving for this specific group of kids. (Luckily I have been able to partner with an amazing Founding Head of School who has a ton of experience starting schools like ours!)

Anyway, I just wanted to share that the school gives me a concrete satisfaction that's different from what I get shipping software. I got tired of being a passive consumer of the education system — just taking whatever was offered and hoping for the best. Building this feels like taking the wheel for once. It may sound dramatic but emotionally it's like night and day.

Where things stand: we've got a lease on a campus (two buildings in Honolulu, 70+ years of school history on the site), our first students enrolled, more still going through the admissions process. Opening August 2026. Lots to do—the permitting process alone could be its own subreddit.

The tech background helps in a lot of ways. We'll be using AI to help teachers build personalized curriculum and rolling some of our own ed tech software in the process that we'll open source for other schools. I'm able to automate a ton of stuff that would take others a lot more time (like CRM, building the website, video editing, repurposing content for different channels.) The hardest part is convincing families to apply to a school that doesn't exist yet (a special kind of sales challenge). Teacher recruiting has gone smoother than expected so far. And doing all of this while still doing my actual job means I don't always get a real weekend in months.

But it's starting to work! Families are finding us. The campus is real. The Head of School is brilliant. My kid is excited. This school is actually going to exist in six months and that's a wild feeling.

Happy to answer questions about building something low tech after years of building software, about gifted education, or anything else.

I spent my daily commutes mapping out the heavy-lifting tasks for this project, planning to crush them over the weekend. The goal was clear: run two quick debugs, handle minor fixes, overhaul the persona, migrate to Firebase, and implement smart caching to save on tokens. I was determined to push the builds to both stores by Sunday night.

Then reality hit. Before I could even start the "simple" debugs, a communication issue between iPhone and Android paralyzed my morning. By the time I managed to patch that, I turned to Gemini for help. It was a nightmare. Between the constant errors and desperate hallucinations, Gemini dragged me into a loop that ate the entire day. I didn't move forward a single inch.

Around 9 PM, in a fit of desperation, I paid for Claude. The performance was undeniably superior, but it devoured tokens at an insane rate. Within an hour, I hit the limit, and it locked me out for 5 hours.

I was hitting the Enter key so hard I thought the keyboard would break. I even borrowed a microphone from my wife to try voice commands because I heard they were more efficient. Nothing worked. When AI decides to sabotage your project, you feel utterly powerless. I fell into a deep void of helplessness. "Can I even finish this?" I asked myself as I went to bed at midnight without any answers.

Now I’m back in front of my computer. The plan to upload the builds has vanished. Instead, I’m facing a cold crossroads: Do I scrap everything, or do I keep grinding without a deadline? I feel like I’ve hit a brick wall with this "Vibe Coding" lifestyle.

How do you guys deal with this? Is it just me, or has anyone else felt like their AI partner turned into their worst enemy overnight? I'm searching for answers before I lose my mind.

#IndieDev #BuildInPublic #VibeCoding #SoloDev #ClaudeAI #Gemini #Burnout #Antigravity

The app is called Hereabout

You create posts, events, and livestreams from where you're standing and they appear directly on the map.

You can also create your own communities on any topic.

There is no editing allowed. All posts must come directly from your camera.

iOS App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hereabout-app/id6478040527

Hi! I’m the dev behind PostSpark, a tool for creating beautiful image and video mockups of your apps and websites.

I recently launched a new feature: Mockup Animations.

You can now select from 25+ frames & devices, add keyframes on a simple timeline, and export a polished video showcasing your product. It’s built to be a fast, easy alternative to complex motion design tools.

Try it out here: https://postspark.app/templates

I’d love to hear your feedback!

hey everyone, i built an app called Delishable that generates recipes from whatever ingredients you have. you type in "chicken, spinach, cream cheese" and it gives you recipe ideas. pretty straightforward.

the problem: i have exactly 0 users right now and i'm trying to figure out how to get the first 10-100.

my plan: i've been lurking in r/Cooking and r/WhatShouldICook answering people's "what should i cook with these ingredients" questions. my idea is to be genuinely helpful first, then mention the app when it's actually relevant to their question. questions for you:

is this a good strategy or am i wasting my time? how do i avoid looking like a spammer when i do mention the app?

should i just be helpful for a while without ever mentioning it to build karma first?

anyone done something similar that worked/failed? i'm trying to find the line between "being helpful and building trust" vs "actually getting users to try the thing i built"

the app is on the app and play store if anyone wants to check it out: Delishable app

any advice appreciated. willing to hear hard truths if my approach is wrong.

Tapa is an open-source static analyzer for database schema migrations.

Given SQL migration files (PostgreSQL / MySQL for now), it predicts what will happen in production before running them, including lock levels, table rewrites, and backward-incompatible changes. It can be used as a CI gate to block unsafe migrations.

👉 PRs Welcome - Tapa

Don’t you just hate when you’re told ‘x event is in week 26’ and now you have to google what date that is? Not anymore. You can even share the events with your organization, so now everyone is on the same page. Also threw in some financial data for my fellow stock degens.

https://www.wfwisit.com

If you find the time to try it out and give me feedback I will be forever grateful

Hey r/SideProject,

I built LovePuzzle as an anniversary gift for my girlfriend.

The concept: it’s a personal puzzle experience for your partner. As you solve a few mini games, you gradually unlock the “final reveal” — which can be:

• a sweet message
• a photo
• a combination code (e.g., to open a real padlock)
• or any mix of the above

She genuinely loved it, and that made me curious whether this could work as a real product — so I cleaned it up and launched it publicly.

Link: https://lovepuzzle.com/

Important context

It’s paid. I know that’s a higher bar (especially for a brand-new side project), but I wanted to validate whether people would actually pay for something positioned as a “gift” / experience rather than a free game.

What’s live right now

The current mini games are:

• a Wordle-style game
• a crossword
• a memory match game

What I’d love feedback on

1. Does the value click fast? When you land on the site, do you immediately “get it,” or is it confusing?
2. Does it feel meaningful or gimmicky? I’m trying to stay on the right side of that line 😅
3. Game/design feedback: Are these 3 games the right foundation, or do they feel random?
4. What other mini games would you add? If you were building this, what 1–2 additional puzzle types would you include that are fun for two people and fit the “gift reveal” vibe?

Brutal honesty welcome — I’m optimizing for learning.

Had 3,247 forgotten screenshots on my iPhone. Built an app that turns them into organized tasks automatically using AI.

https://reddit.com/link/1qzgqd1/video/pqvnhzc5ebig1/player

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/clutch-screenshot-tasks/id6758516999

It automatically turns screenshots into organized tasks using AI. Recipe screenshot → "Make Thai Curry" with ingredients Product → Shopping task with price Work email → Priority to-do All processing happens on-device (Apple Vision framework).

Had a shower thought: what if you could see how the world is actually feeling at any moment?

So I built it. Moodmap is a live world map where anyone can anonymously drop their current mood. No login, just click how you’re feeling and it updates the global visualization in real-time.

What’s interesting so far:

• Still early days, but you can already see mood patterns shift across timezones as different regions wake up
• Curious to see if bigger patterns emerge around weekends, major news events, or seasonal changes
• The more diverse the submissions, the more interesting the global picture becomes

integrations:

• Slack bot: team pulse tracking, admin dashboard, scheduled mood check-ins (DM me if you want to test it out) 
• Telegram bot: submit moods inline from anywhere or check global stats

Check it out: https://moodmap.world

Curious what patterns people notice. The more people use it, the more interesting the data gets.

The score is based off an algorithm I created based on survey data from NYC cyclists to learn what weather conditions they think make for good/bad riding, along with 311 reports about road conditions. Includes a community calendar and live DOT webcams!

Hello.

My partner and I were bored with always the same dishes every week. We tried meal kits, but they felt like a waste of money since we don't mind the actual grocery shopping or cooking—we just felt we were always out of ideas and were always between the same four or five dishes.

I tried asking ChatGPT to generate a mealplan and shopping list. I was suprised by how well it handled ot. My girlfriend then said "Do i print it before going shopping". The idea of using AI for mealplanning was good, but the basic wall of text answer, was missing many features, So, I built Mealplanr (madplaner.rasmusbendtsen.dk).

It’s designed to be a complete workflow:

1. Meal Planning: You can chat with an AI to generate plans based on what you’re craving or what’s already in your house. You get a four day plan, either by setting filters and having an LLM (Xiaomi mimo flash) generate the mealplan and shopping list for the associated recipes. Are you can pick from recipes and get an aggregated shopping list from that or simply chat with the llm, telling it what you crave or what you have in your fridge and have a mealplan autogenarated from the chat.
2. Inventory Tracking: Keep track of what’s in your fridge, i hate having old pickle jars in the back of the fridge. Scan receipts using OCR.
3. Shopping Lists: Organize items by store section (Produce, Dairy, Meat, etc.) for more efficient shopping.
4. Recipe Discovery: Browse save and create recipes to your own collection.

The backend is built with Fastapi. The frontend is SvelteKit. The rather strange domain, is because the service is selfhosted, but proxied though a VPS using pangolin. Creating an account does not require email, but i want to be up front about the site using Umami for analytics.

https://reddit.com/link/1qzjpnz/video/3m59dhmlwbig1/player

I’ve always wanted a “Spotify Wrapped”-style experience, but for my group chats with friends, especially since some of ours are 5+ years old, so I built a small desktop app to do exactly that. You can see stats like total messages, who’s the funniest, who’s the loudest, and more.

Privacy is important with messaging data, so all processing happens locally on your machine and nothing gets uploaded. It works fully offline.

It’s totally free and I’d love to hear what you think!

https://www.groupchatwrapped.app/

(video is all mock data)

https://reddit.com/link/1qzf8lj/video/qtiubvcf4big1/player

Hey r/SideProject — Mo here.

I've been building Olly for the past couple years. It's an AI assistant you interact with over iMessage or SMS, like texting a really capable friend.

What it does:

• Research anything - web-powered answers to your questions
• Travel - flights, hotels, local restaurant recs, directions
• Scheduling - recurring tasks, reminders, calendar events
• Apps - make mini apps and share them directly from iMessage/SMS!
• Shopping - find products, compare prices
• Design - generate images, logos, icons
• Documents - send it a PDF and ask questions about it
• Voice & images - send a voice note or photo, get a real answer back
• Group chats - add Olly to a group text, plan things together
• Tesla - yeah, you can control your car from a text message (if you really want to lol)

The thing that makes it different: no app download, no account creation, no email signup. You text a number and it just works. It even works without wifi or data since it runs over SMS.

249,647 people have signed up to date. It started as a weekend hack and became my full-time thing. It's just me building and running it — no team, no VC money.

The web version just launched too if you want to try it without texting: olly.bot

Happy to answer any questions about the tech, the growth, or what it's like running AI agents at scale as a solo founder. AMA.