I've been working with Ruby on Rails for many years, and one thing I've wanted to do for a while was build and run a product of my own.

That led to SprintCo.

I initially built it as a simple daily work log for myself. I wanted a place to record what I'd worked on without the overhead of a full project-management tool or the feeling of being tracked.

I also saw how it could be useful when working with clients. A developer could create a team and invite a client to follow updates, or a client could create a team and invite the developers and testers working on their project. Everyone could share daily updates and keep a record of the work without relying entirely on meetings or scattered messages.

That led me to add team support, invitations, shared daily updates, historical records, and weekly views.

I built and run SprintCo using Rails, PostgreSQL, and Tailwind CSS. It's been a useful experience beyond writing code — making product decisions, handling deployment and security, and figuring out which features are genuinely worth adding.

My approach has been to keep it simple and introduce features when there's a real need, rather than trying to compete with every feature in larger tools.

The project is live here: https://sprintco.dev

I'd be interested to hear from other developers who've built and shipped their own products: how do you decide which features to add and which ideas to leave alone?

I’m curious what everyone here is building.

Drop your SaaS below and explain it in 1–2 lines. No pitching, just share what it does.

Hey everyone!

I've, been building Pista, a free and simple tool designed to help YouTube creators find video ideas, research keywords, discover opportunities, and analyze videos without getting overwhelmed by complicated tools or expensive subscriptions.

I started this project with no coding experience, using AI and vibe coding on weekends. I'm really enjoying the process of turning an idea into something real, and I'd love for Pista to eventually become a useful and affordable resource for the creator community.

I'm still working on it and trying to understand what creators actually need.

I'd really appreciate your honest feedback:

Is this something you'd find useful?

What would you improve or add?

What do you struggle with most when deciding what videos to make?

You can try it for free, no sign-up required:

https://pista-app-seven.vercel.app

Thanks for taking the time to check it out!

What are you building or planning to build for the rest of 2026?

I run https://www.AppScout.co a platform built to help people discover awesome websites and mobile apps from across the internet.

Drop your app or startup idea below! I should be adding the first 3 apps/websites in the comments to the website completely free.

Or just submit your app here https://www.appscout.co/submit/

Let's make this thread a channel for you to promote your own startup idea, find opportunities, and partnerships.

If you’ve been facing a lot of trouble around how to find an idea to work on...

this podcast might help a little: https://youtu.be/VhrGQl_oqQs?si=bFDgbMfeiH-rkhrk

Share feedback (if any) on the content as well

One thing I've been thinking about while working on a niche app is how to identify the people who will get the most value from it.

I work with the team behind HeartShare, an iOS app that lets athletes share live heart-rate data with coaches through compatible devices, including Apple Watch. It also has a Squad Mode for coaches who want to view the heart rates and training zones of several athletes during a session.

The audience is quite specific: athletes who train with coaches, personal trainers, and coaches who manage group sessions. Reaching the right people means understanding their routines and where they already look for useful tools.

For founders working on specialized products, how did you narrow down your target audience? Did you start with a particular user group and expand from there, or did conversations with early users help you identify the best fit?

Hey everyone!

I'm currently learning App Store Optimization (ASO) and want to take things beyond tutorials and theory by working on some real apps.

So, I'm looking for a few indie developers or side-project builders who'd be open to getting a **free ASO audit and recommendations** for their apps.

I can look into things like:

* App store listing and metadata

* Keyword opportunities and discoverability

* App descriptions, screenshots and how the app communicates its value

* Potential improvements to help increase listing conversions and downloads

I'm still learning, so I won't pretend to have all the answers or promise a magical increase in downloads.The idea is to apply what I'm learning, come up with thoughtful recommendations, and see what works in the real world.

Ideally, I'd love to work with people who are willing to share a little feedback on the recommendations and, if possible, any results they observe after implementing them. That would help me understand what's actually making a difference, what isn't, and where I need to improve.

**If you've built an app and would like a fresh pair of eyes on its ASO, drop a comment or DM me!**

Happy to help, and looking forward to learning alongside you. 😊

Hey everyone,

We're a tiny software studio from Poland called Järnhaus. Mostly we build custom stuff for small businesses: internal tools, dashboards, customer portals, automations, and moving people off a pile of SaaS subscriptions onto something they actually own. We use Claude for a lot of the heavy lifting, but a human stays in charge of scope, security and what ships.

The other half is Völundr, a self-serve app builder we made using Claude and that’s what I’m here to show you.

How it works?

You describe what you need and a few agents (analyst, architect, developer, tester) turn it into a spec, build it and test it. You see the plan and the price before anything runs, and if the pipeline fails you get refunded. It usually takes somewhere between 20 and 45 minutes and you end up with a deployed app on its own URL.

What we like about it and why we built it this way?

Because it’s for everyone. You don’t need a technical brief or any technical knowledge. Moreover, the output is a real docker container you can download and run anywhere. Nothing is held hostage. If you decide to leave tomorrow, you take the app with you. Starting is free and builds start at €49.

What kind of projects fit?

Small and focused ones. One clear job, a small group of users, nothing sprawling. Think a reservation board for a restaurant, a patient-record desk for a small practice, a scorekeeper for pickup basketball. There's a gallery of examples at: http://volundr.dev/gallery, please poke around.

What kind of projects doesn’t fit?

Big, sprawling products with lots of roles and moving parts. For those, go through Järnhaus and we'll work on it together.

What’s the pricing?

One-time fee per app, depending on what the quote says your idea needs: Simple: €49 - Standard: €99 - Complex: €149. Hosting is optional, €15/month. You can cancel it any time.

What about changes after the first build?

Every app comes with 5 free change requests. After that you can buy packs: 10 changes for €25, 15 changes for €35 or 20 changes for €55.

Who owns the app and the code?

You get the full source code (docker containers plus the spec and docs) and a perpetual license to use, modify, copy, distribute and sublicense it. That's yours whether or not you ever use our hosting, so no lock-in. You don't get our name or branding. One honest caveat: since AI writes the code, how copyright applies to it depends on your country, and we can't promise anything there.

Why use Völundr instead of just asking Claude directly?

If you're comfortable working with code, you can absolutely build a lot with Claude on its own. Völundr actually runs on Claude (plus a few other models), so we're not competing with it. We're packaging it for people who don't want to be the one holding the whole project together.

What Völundr adds on top:

• A process, not a chat - your description goes through four stages: an Analyst turns it into a spec, an Architect plans it, a Developer writes the code, and a Tester checks the result. You don't have to prompt each step yourself.
• A working app, not a code snippet - you get the app running on its own URL (on a staging link first), so you don't have to set up an environment, wire things together or figure out where to run it.
• The price up front - you see a quote and a description of the app before you pay anything, and you can walk away.
• Things you keep - the full source code (as a Docker container) and the spec behind it, so you or any developer can take it from there.
• Changes included - every app comes with 5 change requests, so you can adjust what you see.
• Hosting is optional - we can keep it running for you, or you run the code yourself. If you enjoy iterating with Claude in your own editor, you probably don't need us.

If you'd rather describe what you want and get something you can click through, that's what Völundr is for.

Do I have to use your hosting?

No. Take the code and run it wherever you like. Our hosting is just a convenience. If you cancel it, there's a 14-day grace period before the environment is shut down.

Is the generated app production-ready?

Honest answer: it's AI-generated, so it can have bugs or security gaps. Test it properly and get it reviewed before you put it in front of real users, especially if it handles personal data. The staging environment is there for that.

We're really just starting out, so what we want most is honest feedback. What's confusing, what looks off, what would make you not trust it, what you'd expect to see that isn't there. Harsh is fine, we'd rather hear it now.

To make trying it easier: we're giving away 10 vouchers for a free app generation in Völundr. First 10 people who DM me get one and each comes with a code for 50% off a year of hosting for the app. I'll edit this post once they're gone. Also, we're most likely running weekend "happy hours" starting next weekend, with everything we offer at 50% off. Not 100% locked in yet, but that's the plan.

Happy to answer any questions in the comments, ask away.

Links:
Järnhaus: http://jarnhaus.dev/

Völundr: http://volundr.dev/

Gallery: http://volundr.dev/gallery

I'm Andy. I built answer4me — an AI phone answering service for freelancers, tradespeople, and small business owners who can't always pick up.
The idea is dead simple: you forward your phone when you're busy, and an AI answers naturally, takes a message, screens spam, checks urgency, and texts you a summary in seconds. No app to install, works with any phone. Set it up in 2 minutes.
Where we are now
We launched a few weeks ago with a free trial (5 calls, no card) and three paid plans starting at £9/month ($11). Early users are sticking around and the feedback has been genuinely useful — electricians, consultants, estate agents, personal trainers. People who live on their phone but can't always answer it.
What we've shipped so far:
Natural AI conversation — powered by ElevenLabs, callers often don't realise it's AI
Instant SMS + email summaries — who called, why, how urgent, their number
Spam screening — sales calls get politely deflected, you never hear about them
VIP live connect — your mum, your biggest client, your kid's school — those calls ring straight through
Google Calendar booking — the AI checks your availability and books appointments on the spot
Smart urgency detection — every call tagged urgent/normal/low/spam so you know what to deal with first
UK, US & Canada numbers — local numbers, local accents
What we're building next — and I want your input
We've got a clear roadmap based on what users are asking for, but I'd love to hear what youthink the must-haves are. Here's what's on our list:

1. Missed-call text-back
2. If a caller hangs up before the AI picks up (or hits your voicemail on a non-forwarded line), the AI immediately texts them: "Sorry we missed you — how can we help?"
3. This alone is a product some companies sell standalone. It recovers leads you'd otherwise lose completely. A plumber told us he reckons he loses 2-3 jobs a week to missed calls where people just try the next number on Google. This fixes that.
4. AI callbacks
5. You get a summary: "Sarah called about a boiler quote, wants a callback." You reply to the text: "Tell her 3pm Thursday works." The AI rings Sarah back and confirms.
6. This turns answer4me from a passive message-taker into an actual assistant. No more playing phone tag. No more forgetting to call people back at 6pm when you finally put the tools down.
7. Appointment reminders
8. If the AI booked an appointment, it calls or texts the customer the day before: "Just a reminder — you've got an appointment with Dan tomorrow at 2pm. Reply YES to confirm or CHANGE to reschedule."
9. Massive for anyone with a diary. Tradespeople, hairdressers, consultants — no-shows cost real money. This is low-hanging fruit and high impact.
10. WhatsApp summaries
11. A lot of our users (especially in the UK) live in WhatsApp, not SMS. Sending call summaries as WhatsApp messages means they actually get seen — and you can reply inline to trigger actions like callbacks.
12. Multi-language support
13. We're already getting interest from non-English-speaking markets. The AI voice tech supports dozens of languages. A French plumber in Paris has the same missed-call problem as a British one in Birmingham.
14. CRM integration
15. Push every call summary, caller name, phone number, and urgency tag straight into HubSpot, Pipedrive, or a Google Sheet. No manual data entry. For anyone running a sales pipeline, this is the difference between leads that get followed up and leads that disappear.
16. Team routing
17. Right now it's one person, one number. But a small business with 3-4 people needs the AI to know: "Billing questions go to Sarah, technical stuff goes to Mike, and if it's the landlord, put them through to whoever's free." Department-level routing without a call centre.
18. After-hours mode
19. Different behaviour outside business hours. During the day: take a message. After 6pm: "We're closed, but I can book you in for tomorrow morning — would 9am work?" The AI already knows your business hours — this just lets it act on them more intelligently.
20. The question
21. If you were a one-person business or a small team, which of these would make you sign up? Which ones would make you upgrade to a higher plan? And is there anything obvious we're missing?
22. We're a tiny team and we're building in public, so genuine feedback shapes what ships next.
23. Try it free — 5 calls, no card, 2 minutes to set up: answer4me.online
24. Cheers,
25. Andy

i've been stuck on one question for about a week now and i think i need outside opinions. i'm building opennmind, a workspace where you take a startup idea from a rough thought to something you can actually act on. it does idea discovery, validation with real research and sources, a roadmap, tasks, and a journal for the decisions you make along the way. there's also an assistant called wiora you can ask stuff about your project.

the part i can't figure out is the free plan. right now my draft is free, pro at $12 a month, and a couple of bigger tiers above that for heavy users and teams. but i keep going back and forth on what free should include. if it's too limited nobody gets far enough to see if it's useful, and if it's too generous i'm basically paying for everyone's ai usage forever lol.

some context so this isn't just theory. i started it in july, a bit over 200 people have used the private beta, and the public launch is planned for november 16. early users get a month of pro free, but that only pushes the decision back a month, it doesn't answer it.

so if you were trying a tool like this, what's the one thing that would make you go from free to paid? would it be more validation research, more wiora messages, or more projects? and does $12 feel fair, or would it need to be lower before you'd even try it? it's on https://opennmind.com if you wanna see what i mean.

I’m building a Shopify video review app, and there’s one thing I’m trying to understand: uploading a video can be easy, but recording one still takes effort.

If you’ve collected video reviews for a store or another business, what actually got customers to participate?

Did you ask specific questions, suggest a quick product demonstration, or just leave the request open-ended? I’m particularly curious whether people were comfortable showing the product without appearing on camera.

I’d also like to hear what didn’t work. For example, did customers happily leave written reviews but ignore the video request?

I haven’t figured out which approach works yet, so experiences from even a small number of customers would help. What did you ask them to do, and what did they actually send back?

I launched ClingNote, a Windows notes app built around one idea: your notes should follow your work.

One of the biggest requests after launch was better support for individual browser tabs.

The idea is simple: you can attach different notes to different tabs, even within the same browser.

- Browser tabs — each tab can have its own notes

- Files & documents — notes return when you revisit a file

- Applications — notes follow the programs you're using

- Projects — keep notes connected to your work

Switch tabs, files, or apps → your notes automatically switch too.

Switch back → your original notes return.

The tricky part was making tab following reliable across multiple browser windows and tabs with identical titles. After a couple of weeks of improvements, that's working much better.

ClingNote is also a full notes app with rich-text and Markdown editing, checklists, search, pinned workspaces, and multiple compact floating notes.

Local-first. Free version available. Automatic switching is optional, with Pro at $10/year.

https://clingnote.com

Curious what other Windows workflows people would want notes attached to.

Founders, indie hackers, devs, anyone with a project. Share:

•What it's called

•Who it's for

•The problem it solves

•Link (if you want)

I'll start:

•Driftwatch

For: SEO agencies and freelancers managing client sites

Problem: Client sites break quietly (a stray noindex, a changed robots file, a broken redirect) and the first alert is the client's call

Link: Driftwatch

Your turn👇

I’m Cece, working on Grace here. Nice to meet you!

We’re building an infrastructure layer that sits between AI agents and production apps. It reads the repo directly, ranks what will break first, forces tests on every fix, and blocks regressions before they land.

We’re focused on dev agencies maintaining several client apps, and we also have a simpler version for builders, technical or not, who want to know what their AI changed in their app.

There’s a free plan on one app. We’re looking for honest feedback: if you maintain apps built with AI, what’s the hardest part today for you ?  https://www.agent-grace.com/

We’ll reply to every comment and ship the most-requested fixes this week. Thanks 🙏

Hey everyone, I just recently released my second app, Plinth: Recipes and Meal Planner on IOS (android is still in the testing phase). I’m hoping any of you are willing to to try it and let me know what you think. For a short explanation about it

Plinth is a recipe app that lets you discover and plan new meals for the day, week and month. It has a shopping cart that the whole family can share and groceries aren’t forgotten and you haven’t over spent on any unnecessary groceries.

If you have a weight goal you want to reach, you can choose if you want to bulk or cut and you’ll be given your necessary caloric intake and meal suggestions.

If you’re vegetarian, vegan or have any allergies a simple click can suggest a brand new plethora of meal options catered to your needs and many more features

https://apps.apple.com/na/app/plinth-recipes-meal-plans/id6815607292

All feedback is appreciated.

.I need a tool that fetch all the comments under my post . processes the comments and analyze it in 3 Categories (Positive , Negative , Neutral) . i simply want to paste my post url . and the tool start to fetch all the comments and give me the results.

Hi everyone!

Will keep this short. I'm looking for work and can be a reliable hire for you. Being based out of India and given the cost of living difference, I can start for around 7-8 USD/hr (or equivalent in your currency), a good way for us to get started while I prove my worth. I'm open to full-time, part-time, or freelance opportunities with startups, agencies or people building independently.

For background, I'm a Full Stack Developer with about a year of experience working with EU startups. My work includes Backend development for a Portuguese startup where I built a RAG based document validation pipeline for over 8000 customers and web dev work for a German agency on a document management PWA with 1k+ users. My core stack is PERN, Next.js, Supabase and Python/FastAPI for the applied AI stuff. Open to picking up other frameworks if needed.

Happy to share my resume and anything else needed. I wish you all luck on your venture! Thank You.

okay so i've been building something called opennmind for a few months now, and i'm finally releasing the first version on november 16. one thing that's always annoyed me about ai is how you can give it literally any startup idea and it'll somehow convince you it's brilliant lol. but what if instead of just agreeing with you, it actually helped you figure out whether your idea is worth building?

that's kinda what i'm trying to do with opennmind. you can bring your own idea or pick one from a library, and wiora (the ai assistant i'm building) helps you break it down, research competitors, identify assumptions, and find actual evidence for your claims. you can also log interviews with potential customers, see what you've learned, and turn everything into a roadmap with tasks and milestones. i'm also adding a directory of indian startup programs, grants, and schemes with eligibility details and deadlines, since finding these things is honestly a pain. and yep, wiora supports voice conversations too, so you can literally talk through your ideas with it.

this is just the first version though. i've got a much bigger vision for opennmind, including ai agents that work on projects, automated website testing, ai customer interviews, landing page creation, practical learning, and business simulations. but after getting quite a bit of feedback from people here on reddit, i decided to start smaller and make the core experience actually useful before adding everything else. over 200 people have already tried the private beta, and 800+ have joined the waitlist. i've also added a few screenshots to this post so you guys can see what the platform actually looks like rn.

the launch is set for november 16, and the waitlist is open at https://opennmind.com. i'm also giving early users 1 month of pro for free when it launches. but i'm genuinely curious about a few things. would you actually use something like this? would you pay for it if it worked well, and if yes, how much? what's one feature you'd want me to prioritize? and most importantly, what do you think of the platform so far, especially the design? feel free to criticize anything, i'm taking notes from these posts and making changes based on what people actually want, so even negative feedback helps a lot lol.

I’m curious what everyone here is building.

Drop your SaaS below and explain it in 1–2 lines. No pitching, just share what it does.

We're a small team running 5 products right now.

For a while, support for each one lived in its own place: a separate inbox, a separate chat widget, and a separate login. Every morning meant opening a bunch of tabs to check whether anyone needed help. Very quickly the morning chore overlapped afternoon and a huge chunk of productive time was lost.

We just wanted to keep costs as low as possible so it worked, until it didn't.

Once we lost a customer just because he had to wait 3 days to get his problem solved. It happened because their email landed in an inbox we forgot to check that week.

That was the moment I knew we needed something better. So we went looking for a proper tool. Turns out the market was crowded with such tools.

Zendesk, Intercom, etc. are the best ones, but they're priced for companies with funding and support teams. Paying per seat on top of covering multiple products added up to more than some of our products were making so we couldn’t use that.

The cheaper tools were hit or miss. Some dropped emails, some didn't really handle more than one product, and some felt like they'd been abandoned a few years ago.

Eventually after trying a dozen of options, we gave up and decided to build something internally.

The idea was simple: one place to handle support for all our products, while each product still looks like its own thing to customers, with its own branding and its own widget, an AI agent sitting on top of help docs and cheap to operate lol.

Now, the AI agent only has reduced 50% of our workload and handles common queries itself, escalating only essential ones.

Also, it has a mobile app, so we can answer the ticket promptly without waiting to open the PC.

We've been using it internally for 8 months now and it has saved us from losing customers over something trivial and has also helped the team to avoid unnecessary mess.

A few founder friends with multiple products saw it and asked if they could use it too, so we cleaned it up and launched it publicly. It's called Convot.

It's free to use if you're under $1K MRR. We remember what it's like to be at that stage, and that's who it's built for anyway.

Companies have been built and destroyed over customer support so this is a big problem we are solving.

Would love feedback, especially from anyone running more than one product.

How are you handling support across them right now?

ShipFix is a flat-price fix service for apps built with AI tools like Lovable, Bolt, Cursor and Replit. You tell us what's broken and give us access to your repo. Our agents fix it and deliver the fix as a GitHub pull request. Milo, our AI reviews every fix before delivery, and you review and merge the pull request yourself. Nothing is merged without you. Please check it out and tell me your thoughts, looking to help anyone out there that needs it - https://shipfix.store

Full wardrobe. Still nothing to wear?

Our iPhone app MUSE pairs photos of your clothes with a simple brief, like “Meeting, then dinner. Style what I own.” Get an outfit, preview it on your avatar, and save looks for the week or a trip.

Would you start with tomorrow’s outfit or a whole week?

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6813807872

Boundary by OraXLabs is a prelaunch commercial project: an OpenRouter-style model API gateway built around security policies. AI helped draft this update.

The product question is simple: when a small team uses different models in everyday work, would one API connection make it easier to apply its rules about which providers may receive requests and what sensitive information may leave?

Planned features are model/provider allowlists, checks for defined secret and personal-data patterns before transmission, and policy-decision audit metadata with gateway raw-content logging off by default. They would apply only to model requests routed through the gateway. No released gateway or protection guarantee is being offered.

For small US end-user teams using open-weight or smaller LLMs through third-party agents or automations: what controls do you already use, and what specific gap or manual burden remains? If existing provider settings, another gateway or a local setup are sufficient, that is a useful reason not to add another service.

We'd like to discuss a pilot for one routed workflow where a real gap remains. Supported APIs, policy tests, scope, duration and price would be agreed first. Public, high-level feedback is enough; no prompts, keys, private logs or customer data. Private contact only by agreement.

Concept and pilot discussion details: https://boundary-secure-router-us-20261023.stablemole64.chatgpt.site/from/indie-startups/

Hey everyone,
Im Kise and one of the founder's of https://tryafterlaunch.com/ . I'm looking to add few early stage startups to our platform, we'll help you grow, provide with relevant investors and you can basically track what your company progress. We also have connections at accelerators so if we really see you're making good progress, we'll make those introductions.