I built a free set of subtitle tools that run entirely in your browser (no upload)
As a side project, I've been building Lazyblink — a collection of free browser-based tools — and I recently added a set of subtitle utilities that sol…
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Best Online Communities for Indie Hackers in 2026
Finding the right community as an indie hacker is one of those things that looks easy from the outside and feels surprisingly hard once you are actual…
Building a Home Maintenance Scheduler Agent in typescript with HazelJS
Home maintenance is one of those tasks that everyone knows they should do regularly, but few actually manage to keep up with. Between changing HVAC fi…
I Built a BPS Website: Build, Push, Sleep
What is a BPS website? BPS stands for Build , Push , Sleep . It's a simple framework I use for shipping side projects: Build it fast with AI assistanc…
I built a behavioral analytics tool for app builders — here's why and how
Every solo developer hits the same wall eventually. You ship something. You get users. Then one by one, they quietly disappear. No error in your logs.…
I added an AI restyle step to a practical fuse bead pattern maker
I’m building Toonbead, a photo-to-fuse-bead-pattern tool for makers who want results they can actually build. The new part is an AI restyle step betwe…
Building RandomVerse: A Premium React Native App
Many developers think Expo is only for prototypes or simple apps. I wanted to prove that it can also power a polished, production-quality mobile exper…
SilentShare — A Browser-Based Peer-to-Peer File Sharing App
Have you ever been in a computer lab, classroom, or office where you needed to quickly send a file between your phone and laptop? I run into this prob…
I Built a Freelance Rate Calculator With AI, Shipped It, and Walked Away
Last month I shipped RateForge , a free freelance rate calculator that generates AI-powered, shareable client reports. Total build time: a weekend. On…
Building KunciMasuk, a Privacy-First SSH Launcher
Hi Everyone. Approximately a month ago, I developed a Bash script to streamline server access for myself and my colleagues. The feedback was construct…
I built a Stack Overflow for gamers as a solo dev — here’s the stack and why
Most gaming help lives in three bad places: a Reddit thread that’s archived before you find it, a Discord message that scrolled into the void, or a Yo…
Introducing Soterios: An Open‑Source Windows Security/Maintenance Suite (Contributors Welcome)
For the past few weeks, I have been building Soterios , an open-source, local-first security and system maintenance suite for Windows. The idea starte…
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I'm 17. I built a bare-metal ASI cognitive substrate on a Redmi 9 phone. C11 + Common Lisp + Nim. Zero dependencies. Seeking collaborators. Started th…
🚀 I just published GitWorld Engine! It's an open-source GitHub Action that transforms your GitHub contribution graph into an animated pixel-art city. I'd love your feedback on the idea, implementation, and future features. If you enjoy GitHub profile cu
I Built GitWorld Engine: A GitHub Action That Turns Your Contributions into an Animated City dasmat dasmat dasmat Follow Jul 11 I Built GitWorld Engin…
What I Learned Building 2 Side Projects in Public
The Real Lesson I spent 6 months building in solitude before I understood: code quality doesn't matter if nobody wants the product. Here's what buildi…
I solved an annoying issue by building my own real-time audio Chrome extension
Hey guys, this is my first ever post in DEV Community and I think even posting at all. Ok, except few photos on Instagram. As many of you I'm somewher…
I built a Product Hunt-style launchpad for makers who want discovery beyond launch day
Most launch platforms treat launch day like the finish line. You ship, you spike, you disappear. I kept seeing the same pattern: makers get a burst of…
My weekend challenge entry: an AI announcer for the beach-sport duels my futevôlei crew plays every day. Gemini writes the call, ElevenLabs voices it. Ring the bell yourself, the demo is live.
I gave my futevôlei crew an AI announcer (DuelUp Live) Vinicius Pereira Vinicius Pereira Vinicius Pereira Follow Jul 10 I gave my futevôlei crew an AI…
What I learned building an AI video background changer
Hey DEV community, I recently launched bgchanger.video , an AI video background changer for removing or replacing video backgrounds directly in the br…
Math Duel
hey! i made a math game where you can 1v1 random people online in real time. first to answer 5 questions correctly wins ELO — there's a leaderboard, p…
App Ideas That Make Money: What the Data Actually Shows
Everyone wants app ideas that make money. But most lists of "profitable app ideas" are just someone's guesses dressed up as advice. They'll tell you t…
I built a tiny wind tunnel in Go
I built Kutta , a small 2D wind tunnel for aeromodelers, game developers, and anyone who enjoys watching air misbehave. It is written in Go, uses Ebit…
I added nested CSV to JSON support to a free browser-based converter
I built JSON Utility Kit as a small browser-based toolkit for everyday JSON tasks. The CSV to JSON converter recently got an update for nested JSON st…
How I Validate App Ideas With Real Data Before Writing a Single Line of Code
The problem every indie dev knows You have an idea. It sounds great in your head. You spend weeks building it. You launch — and nobody cares. I've bee…
We built 126 browser tools with zero uploads. Here is what broke along the way
We are two friends building Pageonaut , a collection of 126 free browser tools (converters, calculators, PDF and image utilities, dev helpers). Early …
How an app for CD collectors accidentally became infrastructure for AI agents
If you told me back in 2014 that an idea for helping CD collectors would eventually become AI infrastructure, I probably wouldn't have believed you. B…
My first blog!
Today I'm about to start building a project I always wanted since I was a kid. I signed up on this platform to share my learnings and to learn anythin…
Fresh one, I Built a Free Browser-Based Toolkit for Images, PDFs, Text, and Developers
I recently built JohnShine Tools, a collection of free online utilities designed to handle common image, PDF, text, network, and security tasks direct…
Built an AI-powered monitoring tool for web apps — would love feedback from devs
Hey devs 👋 I recently built a side project called Pulseboard, and I’m sharing it here to get honest feedback from fellow builders. It’s a website and …
Introducing UploadEze: A Chrome Extension That Makes File Uploads Faster
Today, I'm happy to share my first Chrome extension, UploadEze, which is now available on the Chrome Web Store. Why I Built It Many websites have diff…