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Re: Ask HN: What is something you built but never marketed?

#121
Terrapintonics.com is a sticker site that we got overwhelmed with trying to fullfil orders with so many unique SKUs.

Each decal is different, how do you organize 1,000 different ones on a website, much less the stock of physical decals?

We've decided to just print and list batches of 10 at a time or uncut sheets instead, and we don't market to keep the orders light so it's manageable to ship decal packs in a timely manner.

Re: Ask HN: What is something you built but never marketed?

#122
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"Oh By".[1] It's a "universal shortener".[2] You can take any block of text and condense it to a simple code that you can chalk up anywhere. It's the same idea as a QR code but you can just quickly write it out with a pencil or chalk it on the street ... or verbally state it. I'm convinced there is some use-case that this elegantly solves and would be genuinely valuable to people ... but beyond mentioning it here on…

I would recommend blacklisting a few words while generating the URL. This is what was generated for me https://0x.co/done.html?code=632CUM

Re: Ask HN: What is something you built but never marketed?

#123
I've built Formester[1] which aims to be the only backend that you would ever need for any forms on the web. You want to build survyes you can do it. Want to store data from your own embedded form, auto notify users on submission, protect against spam with out fiddling with complex code and much more. I would love to get feedback from users on what could be improved further.

I had initally abandoned it but have picked it up again in 2022 and this time I'm planning to make it big.

[1] formester.com

Re: Ask HN: What is something you built but never marketed?

#124
Oof, basically everything I've built, I've been too lazy to market...

- Mental Health tracking app [1] for tracking my daily activities against my anxiety/depression/well-being

- Web3 Contract Explorer [2] for making it easier to inspect and run methods on Ethereum contracts

- GlobalEntry appointment notifications [3] for making it easier to book last-minute interview appointments

[1] https://mental-h.vercel.app/

[2] https://web3-contract-explorer.vercel.app/

[3] https://www.appointmentfinder.xyz/

Re: Ask HN: What is something you built but never marketed?

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I built a TikTok clone only showing clips from old snowboard and ski movies from the early 2000s. Movies are imported using a CLI which reads VLC playlist containing bookmarks for each clip. I love my app and is using it every day as an alternative to other empty minded social media, but will probably never publish it or marked it due to copyrights. If anyone has a use case which does not involve copyright infringeme…

that sounds nice, I do enjoy old ski and snowboard movies/clips aswell. Is there any way to look at these clips? I think this would also work very nicely as background visuals for events / shops, however the copyright aspect is probably difficult with such a usecase

Send me a message to my user name at gmail or github and I will send you the apk. I have added about ten movies so far, but I am planning to add some more when I get the time.

Re: Ask HN: What is something you built but never marketed?

#127

I built Playtune https://playtune.app - a web game where you can turn any YouTube videos into a rhythm game. It comes from a frustation from playing rhythm game but they have limited song catalog. Playtune literally have millions of song that you can play. Any song that is uploaded to YouTube can be played as long as it allow embedding. You can even make a rhythm game out of five minute craft videos if you want or li…

Very cool!

https://playtune.app/play/FdC119_bm1k

Re: Ask HN: What is something you built but never marketed?

#128
I created a simple little Boardgame News site. It pulls all the stuff I'm interested in into one place which is now a fixed tab on my main browser.

https://dragonc.droppages.com

Never marketed because I hate ads as much as the next person, and also because I kept getting messages such as "use a news feed reader." I just wanted everything together in a readable timeline.

Re: Ask HN: What is something you built but never marketed?

#129

Terrapintonics.com is a sticker site that we got overwhelmed with trying to fullfil orders with so many unique SKUs. Each decal is different, how do you organize 1,000 different ones on a website, much less the stock of physical decals? We've decided to just print and list batches of 10 at a time or uncut sheets instead, and we don't market to keep the orders light so it's manageable to ship decal packs in a timely m…

You must have been doing some marketing earlier on though , right? How did it get to be popular in the first place?
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